Industrials

A study shows the proposed Twin Metals Minnesota copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota would be economically competitive, profitable and sustainable for 30 years, the project's majority owner said Wednesday.

U.S. factory output rose for the sixth consecutive month in July, led by a jump in the production of motor vehicles, furniture, textiles and metals.

An expert commission will decide on a $10 million compensation claim from former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and other investors in a mining dispute, under a federal judge's ruling that said the size of the claim was "more than suspect." Schweitzer is a director in Optima Inc., a company with mining claims, or rights, that stand in the way of a silver and copper mine near Libby proposed by Mines Management Inc.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE SeaWorld Entertainment Inc., down $9.25 to $18.90 The theme park and entertainment company reported worse-than-expected quarterly financial results and cut its full-year guidance.

Faced with tougher and more resistant weeds, corn and soybean farmers are anxiously awaiting government decisions on a new version of a popular herbicide — and on genetically modified seeds to grow crops designed to resist it.

The executives mingled over tea and sugar cookies, and the chatter was upbeat.

A low-cost state loan to train manufacturing workers is drawing support from business groups that say Connecticut is ill-prepared for an increase in aerospace and other high-tech factory work.

State environmental regulators have given Tintina Resources permission to drill four wells to assess the groundwater in the area of its proposed copper mine in central Montana.

McDonald's says a key sales figure fell 2.5 percent in July, dragged down by persistent weakness in the U.S. and the impact of a food safety scandal in China.

The Commerce Department reports on U.S. factory orders in June at 10 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Sunday a $1 billion concessional line of credit for Nepal to use for development, including building hydropower plants in the energy-starved Himalayan nation.

United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) on Tuesday reported net income that declined by 58 percent in its second quarter, and missed analysts' expectations.

Hundreds of people will tell the Environmental Protection Agency what they think of proposed rules to cut pollution from power plants during public hearings Tuesday and Wednesday in Denver.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration says inspectors issued 186 citations at 13 U.S. mining operations in June.

Beretta U.S.A. Corp. says concerns about a gun-control bill that passed in Maryland last year have made it necessary to move its weapons making out of the state to Tennessee.

Arch Coal says it is idling the Cumberland River Coal Company complex in Wise County, Virginia, and Letcher County, Kentucky.

Russian steel company Severstal is exiting the U.S. market, selling a pair of steel plants to AK Steel and Steel Dynamics for about $2.33 billion.

A state agency's decision to revise a Detroit-area steel plant's air quality permit will allow the facility to continue emitting too much pollution, environmental organizations said Monday in a lawsuit.

Insufficient route planning, a distracted pilot driver and an inadequate permitting process by the state of Washington all played a part in last year's Interstate 5 bridge collapse north of Seattle, which sent two cars into a river below, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.

All times are Eastern MONDAY, July 14 Citigroup Inc. reports quarterly financial results before the market opens.