Nucor News

This article originally appeared on The DIV-Net December 14, 2009. Linked here is a detailed quantitative analysis of Nucor Corporation .

In light of this Benchmark Journal research team completed in-depth analysis on Northgate Minerals Corp.

This is the group of companies who raised their dividend during the week: Nucor Corporation , Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. , Enbridge Inc.

Steelmaker and scrap-metal recycler Nucor issued a profit warning Wednesday, saying it expects to break even in the fourth quarter, but investors shrugged off that near-term outlook.

Toro Co., maker of turf maintenance equipment, said Tuesday it moved to a loss in the fourth quarter as sales fell by a double-digit percentage.

Nucor Corporation announced today guidance for its fourth quarter ending December 31, 2009.

Moody's Investors Service late Monday said it will review its A1 senior unsecured ratings on Nucor Corp.

The Advance/Decliner Index is our effort to quantify the anecdotal price information we find in our every day reading about global steel price trends.

We keep hearing that a recovery is underway. If we are to measure recovery strictly through the performance of the stock market, then green shoots must indeed be blossoming all around us.

Stocks discussed on Jim Cramer's Stop Trading! TV Segment , Friday December 11. Cramer discussed Brazilian stocks on Friday's Stop Trading, and put Gerdau alongside Nucor as "the one or two great steel plays in the world." He especially likes Gerdau as a play on the infrastructure buildout approaching the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.

But a late hour rally mainly fuelled by 3M took the indices to session highs where it almost closed for the day.

Beijing - It's been a rough year for Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel. Revenues for the company, based on the windswept grasslands 350 miles northwest of Beijing, are off by 21%, and the steelmaker is likely to book its first loss since going public nearly a decade ago.

Shares of metal manufacturers were mixed Wednesday after an analyst noted prices were rising despite what she sees as a small improvement in demand for steel products.

It was only a few months ago that many experts declared dividend investing dead , after almost all financial companies in the US cut or eliminated their distributions to shareholders.

By Alain Sherter Dec 3, 2009 Chief executives take lots of stick for their often extravagant pay, which frequently bears no connection to whether a company makes or loses money.

Submitted by PonteVedraMan on Sat, 12/05/2009 - 04:52. Dan DiMicco, CEO of steelmaker Nucor Corp, told the Wall Street Journal, "Companies large and small are saying, - I am not going to do anything until these things - health care, climate legislation - go away............" Porta-King CEO Steve Schulte told USA Today his company is not investing ...

Goldman Sachs believes the U.S. steel industry will return to growth next year, putting the recession behind it.

Posted December 1st, 2009 by theStockMasters... in AK Steel Holding Corp. shares have been on a tear since November, in the last 30 days AKS has jumped from $15 to today's price of $20.90 .A Thanks to Goldman's hat tip on American Steel stocks yesterday AK Steel is enjoying a healthy 4.5% jump today.A Steel is Strong Not only did United States ...

U.S. Steel Corp. led gainers among a quartet of steel producers that drew positive comments from Goldman Sachs on Monday, with analysts highlighting the recent underperformance by the group along with expectations of greater demand from China in the coming year.

Steel Advance/Decliner Index Rises Again . Our Advance/Decliner Index increased for the sixth consecutive week, climbing to a three-month high of 71% from 67% last week.