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Energy costs jumped 17.9% in April as the US-Iran trade war spills into real-economy pricing, complicating the Fed’s rate path. The next move hinges on Strait of Hormuz risk or a diplomatic breakthrough.
The May 12 conference call for Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund ($CHE.UN:CA) gives income investors a direct read on sodium chlorate volumes and the chlorine-caustic spread that drive distributable cash. The upcoming MD&A filing will deliver the segment-level data needed to model coverage through H2 2026.
The May 12 call is the first real check on whether the Isabella Pearl mine is capturing full margin expansion from record gold prices. Next: the 10-Q filing.
Defence offtake deals with price floors make critical minerals projects infrastructure-grade. The shift could reverse if policy changes.
GAAP EPS of €0.31 and adjusted EBITDA of €154.9M underscore the margin hit from weaker realised steel prices. Next catalyst: full-year guidance revision.
Revenue of $105.2M (+22% YoY) and adjusted EBITDA of $28.4M (27% margin) drove the raise. Full-year revenue now seen at $400-$410M, with HB4 wheat planted area reaching 1.2M hectares.
The May 12 earnings call puts rental fleet metrics in focus. Utilization, new orders, and backlog will signal whether producer capex is turning into compression demand before the summer season.
Authorities warn of legal consequences for oil pumps violating directives. Panic buying could create an artificial squeeze that distorts retail fuel sales data for Indian OMCs.
ICL reports Q1 after close May 13; consensus calls for $0.10 EPS (+11.1% Y/Y). The call's tone on potash demand and Middle East risks will drive the stock next.
CEO Simon Trott disclosed three fatalities since last year, prompting a safety reset. The BofA conference tone signals operational scrutiny across mining.
Ovintiv posted its Q1 2026 earnings call slide deck. Key focus: production volumes, capex, and hedging ahead of the call. Alpha Score 56.
Net proceeds of $3.3 billion will repay debt, pushing leverage toward the middle of the 3.25-3.75x range. No special distribution is planned as bonus depreciation from Cactus III offsets tax liability. The Q1 2026 earnings report will be the first clean read on the new pure-play crude midstream entity.
Nine Adani group stocks fell, wiping ₹16.70 lakh crore valuation; crude spike, rupee weakness and FII selling extend Sensex's four-day 4.36% drop. Next marker: oil and flows.
The slide deck from Hochschild Mining's presentation at the Bank of America conference will be parsed for any revision to 2026 production or cost guidance, with implications for silver miners.
The board set June 3 as the payable date, signaling free-cash-flow confidence ahead of the May 12 Q1 print. The yield’s durability will be tested when utilisation and rental pricing data drop.
Adani Green Energy slumped 5.87% as crude oil’s surge sent the Sensex down 1,456 points. The group’s market cap fell to ₹16.70 lakh crore amid rupee weakness and FII selling.
Jensen Quality Mid Cap Fund lagged as energy stocks surged on Iran War; its underweight in Energy dragged. Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) scores 76/100, a direct shipping play on disruption.
Support at $93.90 must hold for the bullish structure to remain intact; a daily close below would invalidate the breakout and shift control back to sellers.
Salzgitter's Q1 call with CFO Birgit Potrafki mapped the three variables splitting the steel trade: European spreads, auto demand, and the SALCOS green-steel timeline.
Parex issued $500M in 8.50% notes to fund the Frontera acquisition, targeting 63,000-67,000 boe/d in H2 2026. Integration costs and LLA-32 declines pose risks.
ATEX Resources (ATXRF) upgrades to OTCQX, opening U.S. access to the 1.5-bln-tonne Valeriano copper-gold project as global supply constraints intensify.
Silver X Mining, a Peruvian silver producer, upgrades from OTCQB to OTCQX, seeking to broaden U.S. investor access and improve liquidity for its shares as it expands output at the Nueva Recuperada project.
The $1.5B Çöpler sale awaits Turkish approvals. A delay past Q1 2026 would postpone SSR Mining's re-rating catalyst.
USO leapt 2.84% before Tuesday's open, driving energy stocks higher and hammering growth-heavy QQQ. The rotation intensifies ahead of Wednesday's CPI data.
Key Fund I LP has closed two deals and targets a first close soon, aiming to provide exit pathways for early shareholders in a market where VC deployment hit $3.8B in 2025. The fund's deployment pace will test whether a structured secondary market can scale.
AGC Inc.'s Q1 call on May 12 offers the first live management commentary on glass demand and energy costs since the slide deck. The Q&A session could shift margin expectations for the OTC-traded ASGLY.
AGC Inc. published its first-quarter 2026 earnings presentation, putting the spotlight on architectural and automotive glass demand, raw material costs, and energy inputs. The deck sets up the next trading catalyst.
Revenue fell 4.6% YoY to SAR 254m. Net profit hit SAR 37.5m, up 25.5% YoY. EPS rose to SAR 0.24. The sequential profit jump of 52.8% signals a sharp cost reset.
Oil Minister Puri says LPG output hit 54,000 tonnes/day and crude/LNG cover stands at 69 days. Modi's austerity call targets gold and fuel demand, potentially softening import needs.
Geopolitical flare-ups and fragile logistics are keeping a floor under crude prices. The next escalation could test demand assumptions and hit refined product flows.