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 Basic Materials group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Is EMX Royalty Corp. (EMX) one of those stocks right now?

The Basic Materials sector ranks ninth out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 4Q19 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. Last quarter, the Basic Materials sector ranked seventh. It gets ...

For those looking to find strong Basic Materials stocks, it is prudent to search for companies in the group that are outperforming their peers. CSW Industrials (CSWI) is a stock that can certainly ...

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 ...

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 ...

We recently compiled a list of the 12 Best Basic Materials Stocks to Buy According to Analysts. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Olin Corporation (NYSE:OLN) stands against the ...