Industrials

US President Donald Trump said in a Sunday interview that additional US attacks on Iran were “highly unlikely” to be necessary if negotiations with Tehran made progress. The comments followed a week of substantial losses in oil prices, with the possibility of de-escalation becoming …

Spot gold rose 0.8% to USD 4,104.30 an ounce at 20:02 ET (01:02 GMT), while US gold futures gained 0.9% to USD 4,112.40. The gains followed Friday’s 0.4% decline, when bullion traded near USD 4,070 after the release of October employment figures.

For the six months to 30 June 2026, Ventia reported net profit after tax beforeAmortisation(NPATA) of A$128.2 million, up 7.4%. EBITDA rose 8.2% to A$273.3 million, and theMarginimproved to 9.4%. UnderlyingEarnings Per Shareincreased 14.4%.

Net operating revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2026 totaled $24.3 million, compared with $25.7 million in the same period of 2025. Despite the smaller top line, net income attributable to common shareholders increased to $2.7 million, or $0.69 per basic share, …

The approval followed discussions between the companies and the European Commission, which had identified preliminary competition concerns. To address them, the parties agreed to divest AkzoNobel's European vehicle refinish business. According to the companies, the commitments remove the horizontal overlap between their activities in …

The agreements cover approximately 12,000 USW-represented employees working at the company's steel plants and mining operations in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Michigan. Because the company is vertically integrated, its labor base spans iron ore mining, pellet and direct reduced iron production, scrap processing, …

Net sales for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 were $7.5 million, compared with $7.4 million a year earlier. Despite the slight increase in sales, the company posted a pre-tax loss of $916,103, compared with pre-tax income of $67,281 in the third quarter of …