The basic materials sector encompasses companies that manufacture chemicals, building materials, and paper products. This sector is also engaged in commodities exploration and processing. According to ...

The latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0729 GMT – SSAB’s outlook implies downside risk to third-quarter ...

CRH plc (NYSE:CRH) is a multinational producer of various construction products utilized in building endeavors, functioning through a vertically integrated business structure. Over the last ten years, ...

The Morningstar US Basic Materials Index underperformed the broader market during the fourth quarter of 2023. The index was up 10.4% during the quarter, but that rally was 110 basis points below the ...

For those looking to find strong Basic Materials stocks, it is prudent to search for companies in the group that are outperforming their peers. Is Albemarle (ALB) one of those stocks right now? By ...

Can wood replace steel in a 70-story skyscraper? Architects and biochemists at Cambridge think so. Meanwhile at MIT, rethinking cement is cutting... In a head-spinning step, a handful of researchers ...

The Basic Materials group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Gold Fields (GFI) is a stock that can certainly grab the ...

The Basic Materials group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Lynas Rare Earths Limited - Sponsored ADR (LYSDY) is a ...

Rising costs for basic building materials, along with continually expensive oil and creeping subcontracting costs, are breaking the budgets of many large commercial construction projects and forcing ...