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The Motley Fool September 7, 2007 David Lee Smith	Sexy Name, Muscular Company With the way clear for Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto to buy Canadian company Alcan, the combined company stands to become the world's largest producer of aluminum and bauxite. Investors, this may be an opportunity for you.
The Motley Fool October 29, 2008 David Lee Smith	Strong Quarter or Not, U.S. Steel Hunkers Down With prices climbing U.S. Steel's numbers soared, but for how long will they stay there?
The Motley Fool July 17, 2007 David Lee Smith	Has the Hunter Become the Hunted? With Alcan and giant Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto combining, maybe Alcoa and giant BHP Billiton could similarly become betrothed. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 9, 2007 David Lee Smith	The Mother of All Mergers? Rumors describe a gargantuan alliance between Australian mining and energy giant BHP Billiton and London-based Rio Tinto. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2007 David Lee Smith	My, Freeport, How You've Grown Freeport McMoRan's purchase of bigger Phelps Dodge has made for some big, big numbers.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 David Lee Smith	Her Name Is Rio and She Dances With Alcan Alcoa's offer for Canadian rival Alcan is trumped by white knight Rio Tinto. Savvy investors should monitor the mining industry closely. Perhaps the biggest deals in the metals race are yet to surface.
The Motley Fool May 8, 2007 David Lee Smith	The Aluminum Mating Dance U.S.-based Alcoa's bid to buy Canada's Alcan faces numerous obstacles. Investors may want to sit back and wait to see if this complicated offers any real money-making opportunities.
The Motley Fool November 9, 2007 David Lee Smith	The Mother of all Mergers, Part 2? Long in the rumor mill, a big BHP Billiton - Rio Tinto merger is finally looking like a real possibility.
The Motley Fool December 11, 2008 David Lee Smith	Rio Tinto's Restructuring Bounce The market clearly liked Rio Tinto's midweek announcement; but should you?
The Motley Fool December 24, 2007 David Lee Smith	Alcoa Reaching Fighting Trim Having lost out on its quest to purchase Alcan, Alcoa is trimming the fat and may be readying for action.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2007 David Lee Smith	Who Will Feed the Chinese Monster? China and the developing world need lots of what the big mining companies such as Alcan, Rio Tinto, Billiton, and others can give them. Investors should take note.
The Motley Fool November 27, 2007 David Lee Smith	An End to Freeport's Free Fall? Will short-term trends give way to long-term price appreciation for copper and Freeport McMoRan?
The Motley Fool November 28, 2007 David Lee Smith	A Mining Merger Involving China? The Chinese are watching BHP Billiton's attempt to acquire Rio Tinto, potentially thinking to become involved in the deal.
The Motley Fool January 8, 2009 David Lee Smith	Alcoa's Aluminum Ax Falls As aluminum prices plummet, Alcoa retrenches.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2008 David Lee Smith	Stay Off This Metal Rollercoaster Rio Tinto's shares have plummeted, but the end still may not be in sight.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2008 David Lee Smith	Is Alcoa Wearing Blush? Investors, though its quarter was weaker than reported, Alcoa merits attention.
The Motley Fool July 7, 2008 David Lee Smith	These Price Surges Are Hardly Minor Steel demand is pushing iron ore prices to leap large.
The Motley Fool October 16, 2008 David Lee Smith	A Mining Slide That Spells "Opportunity" The rapid fall in metals prices could be just what the doctor ordered.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 David Lee Smith	Nothing Mini About This Bid In the latest in a string of steel company acquisitions, Gerdau Ameristeel will pay $86 a share for Chaparral Steel. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 27, 2010 David Lee Smith	High Cost and Low Prices Make for a Less Than Steely Combination With iron ore up and prices down, it's best to wait for a steel demand recovery.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2010 David Lee Smith	Benefiting From China's Hunger for Steel With China leading the parade, steel and its raw materials are on the march.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 David Lee Smith	Will the Chinese Rope in Rio Tinto? Steelmaker Rio Tinto may end up under Eastern ownership.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2008 David Lee Smith	Big Mining Doesn't Stand Still It now appears that there might be another potential player beginning to circle Rio Tinto. Rumor has it that ArcelorMittal has its eye on it.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2008 David Lee Smith	U.S. Steel's Sharp Slide U.S. Steel has its share of problems. Don't let them become yours.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2008 David Lee Smith	Rio Tinto Struts Its Stuff The iron-ore miner outlined its goals as it works to stiff-arm BHP Billiton.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2007 David Lee Smith	U.S. Steel Bags a Good One U.S. Steel appears to be lined up to make an awfully solid acquisition in oilfield tubular goods manufacturer Lone Star Technologies. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2007 Toby Shute	POSCO Is Poppin' The Korean steelmaker's latest numbers support the case for remaining independent. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2007 David Lee Smith	Freeport-McMoRan's Bulging Quarter The copper, gold and molybdenum producer almost doubles its share price in six months following its acquisition of Phelps Dodge earlier this year. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2007 David Lee Smith	Alcan Stiff-Arms Alcoa Could other potential suitors be entering the picture? Investors need to study the primary players closely.
The Motley Fool November 25, 2008 David Lee Smith	Has BHP Billiton Cut Bait for Good? Following a protracted effort, BHP Billiton has ended its pursuit of Rio Tinto.
The Motley Fool February 13, 2009 David Lee Smith	China's Thing for Rio Tinto While nothing's formal yet, Rio Tinto may have a cash truck headed its way in the form of a $19.5 billion investment from Chinalco.
The Motley Fool April 9, 2008 David Lee Smith	Are the Chinese Metaling? With their position in Rio Tinto, the Chinese may now be eyeing BHP Billiton.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2008 David Lee Smith	Vale Volleys Strong Results Rio de Janeiro-based Vale is a major player in the increasingly vital metals and minerals group.
The Motley Fool March 18, 2008 David Lee Smith	A Steal of a Steel Deal? Two Russian companies, Evraz Group SA, and OAO TMK, are adding to their American steel holdings.
The Motley Fool November 8, 2011 Paul Chi	1 Steel Stock I'm Buying Today At the current price, we're getting the opportunity to buy ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, at just half of book value.
The Motley Fool August 3, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Profits Flow to Rio Tinto Strength in worldwide commodities means strength for this metals, minerals, and energy provider. And Rio Tinto pays a respectable dividend and has been quite willing to spend capital on significant share buybacks as well.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2008 David Lee Smith	Should You Be Buying Mining Stocks? While their shares have plunged, it may not yet be time to buy the miners.
The Motley Fool August 17, 2007 David Lee Smith	Market Testing Freeport's Mettle Amid commodities' falling prices, Freeport McMoRan has been taken to the woodshed. The copper and gold producer's stock has given up 11% in the past week, as investors are diverting money out of commodities to cover losses or margin calls.
The Motley Fool November 20, 2008 David Lee Smith	Will Freeport Fall Further? While copper miner Freeport-McMoRan has been chopped since spring, it's still not the place for your bucks.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2009 David Lee Smith	Freeport's Lousy Quarter May Have Been Positive There may be positives buried in copper producer Freeport-McMoRan's big quarterly loss.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2008 David Lee Smith	Is China Playing Mine Games? After tying into a stake in metals and mining giant Rio Tinto, Chinese interests might now be focusing on BHP Billiton.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2008 David Lee Smith	The Next Big Metals Merger? Largely because of the BHP-Rio Tinto non-merger, aluminum producers Alcoa and Aluminum Corp. of China -- Chinalco to its friends -- could ultimately be headed towards a merger themselves.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2009 David Lee Smith	Alcoa Hammered Into Tinfoil For the first of the blue chips to report, it wasn't a pretty quarter.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Investors Crumple Alcoa Shares fall at America's largest aluminum producer on a minor top-line miss and worries about a slowdown.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2010 David Lee Smith	1 U.S. Company Showing Its Metal Freeport-McMoRan has followed Alcoa with a bright metals picture.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2008 David Lee Smith	Inching Toward That Massive Mining Marriage BHP appears to be slowly approaching its courtship with Rio Tinto.
The Motley Fool June 11, 2008 David Lee Smith	Another Major Mining Marriage? Brazil's iron ore and nickel force, Vale, is raising money and is going shopping.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel	Steel This Fund As the global economy goes, so goes steel. That means times are good, and the Market Vectors Steel exchange-traded fund is taking advantage.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2008 David Lee Smith	Rio Tinto Comes Out Roaring Rio Tinto rode commodities prices and more aluminum to lights-out earnings.
The Motley Fool September 23, 2010 Gerard Torres	Sagging Steel Demand Spells Trouble The global economy is impacting steel production and mining companies.