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CLEVELAND (AP) _ Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (CLF) on Monday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $1.25 billion, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.
The Cleveland-based company said it had a loss of $8.25 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1 per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 13 cents per share.
The mining company posted revenue of $1.28 billion in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Analysts expected $1.22 billion, according to Zacks.
For the year, the company reported a loss of $7.19 billion, or $47.29 per share, swinging to a loss in the period. Revenue was reported as $4.62 billion.
Cliffs shares have fallen slightly more than 2 percent since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Monday, shares hit $6.97, a decline of 64 percent in the last 12 months.
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Keywords: Cliffs Natural Resources, Earnings Report
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CLIFFS Natural Resources
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CODE : CLF |
ISIN : US18683K1016 |
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CLIFFS Natural Res is a iron producing company based in United states of america. CLIFFS Natural Res produces iron, coal in Australia, in Brazil and in Canada, and holds various exploration projects in Canada. Its main assets in production are WABUSH MINE, EMPIRE AND TILDEN MINES, HIBBING TACONITE, NORTHSHORE MINE, UNITED TACONITE, OAK GROVE MINE, GREEN RIDGE MINE and PINNACLE MINE in Canada, AUSTRALIAN IRON ORE and SONOMA in Australia and AMAPA in Brazil and its main exploration properties are MT JACKSON J1 in Australia and DIAGNOS, WAWA, FREEWEST, MC FAULD'S LAKE, MACFADYEN, WAWA CLAIMS and BIG DADDY in Canada. CLIFFS Natural Res is listed in France, in Germany and in United States of America. Its market capitalisation is US$ 5.4 billions as of today (€ 5.1 billions). Its stock quote reached its highest recent level on May 16, 2008 at US$ 99.17, and its lowest recent point on January 15, 2016 at US$ 1.20. CLIFFS Natural Res has 297 400 968 shares outstanding. |