Record Fertilizer Prices Drive Investors, Farmers to Microbes
Startups marketing alternative crop fertilizers said they are gaining traction among U.S. farmers and investors, pitching themselves as a potentially...
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Twitter Adopts Poison Pill Plan to Block Elon Musk From Increasing Stake
Twitter adopted a poison-pill takeover defense to make it difficult for Elon Musk to increase ownership beyond 15%. The move...
HP Makes Bet on Hybrid Work With $1.7 Billion Deal
HP said the deal, expected to close by year-end, would help grow its hybrid-office offerings. Photo: Richard B. Levine/Zuma Press...
Aluminum Makers Seek Old Cans, Shredded Cars to Fuel New Plants
Aluminum makers are on a nationwide hunt for more old cans, shredded cars and factory waste to keep up with...
Canadian Pacific Railway Work Stoppage Threatens New Supply-Chain Snarl
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. trains were halted Sunday morning following an impasse in contract negotiations between the company and its...
Canadian Pacific Railway Threatens Lockout in Labor Dispute
A lockout or possible strike action at Canadian Pacific would strand large volumes of shipments of commodities and manufacturing and consumer...
A New Meme-Stock Frenzy Led AMC to Gold Mine Stake
Day traders looking to capitalize on commodity price volatility catalyzed a chain reaction that ended with movie theater giant AMC...
Rio Tinto Offers $2.7 Billion for Remaining Stake in Turquoise Hill
Rio Tinto PLC offered to pay roughly $2.7 billion to buy out minority shareholders in Canada’s Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.,...
Russian Aluminum Giant’s Owner Considers Splitting Foreign Operations
The controlling shareholder of Rusal, 486 34.08% Russia’s largest aluminum producer, said it was exploring a separation of the company’s...
Ukraine War Hits Farmers as Russia Cuts Fertilizer Supplies, Hurting Brazil
SÃO PAULO—Brazil is searching for new fertilizer suppliers as the war in Ukraine threatens to cut off shipments to one...
Russia-Ukraine Crisis Has Western Companies Bracing for Sanctions Hit
Western companies with operations in Russia and Ukraine are girding for the potential impact of fresh sanctions after Russian President...
Rio Tinto Needs to Spend Money to Make Money
A world-wide shortage of many major commodities is a headache for most companies these days. But for Australian metals heavyweight...
GE Warns Supply-Chain Issues to Pressure Profits, Cash Flow
General Electric Co. warned that supply-chain problems, labor shortages and inflation would weigh on its financial results in the first...
Farmers Feel the Squeeze of Inflation
Inflation is growing on the farm. American farmers are paying significantly higher prices for their weed-killing chemicals, crop seeds, fertilizer,...
The Hidden Ways Companies Raise Prices
Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Inc., a Chicago-based restaurant group, has added a 3% “processing fee” to checks at many of...
China’s Slowdown to Limit Global Growth but Not Undermine World Economy
HONG KONG—A prolonged slowdown in China’s economic growth could hurt some multinational companies and commodity producers for years to come,...
Where Is There More Lithium to Power Cars and Phones? Beneath a California Lake.
CALIPATRIA, Calif.—In the U.S. hunt for lithium, an essential component of the batteries that power electric vehicles and cellphones, one...
Rio Tinto Says Racism and Sexual Harassment Are Widespread at Miner
SYDNEY—When one Rio Tinto PLC worker reported she had been sexually harassed by a colleague, a manager told her it...
Deadly Mining Disaster Still Tests Vale Three Years Later
Costs related to the incident have continued to rack up, Brazilian authorities have been slow to permit further mining amid...
U.S., EU Sanctions on Russia Could Ensnarl Western Oil Companies
LONDON—Some of the West’s biggest oil companies could find themselves in the crosshairs of sanctions now being drafted by their...
