GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. (AP) - Mining operator Molycorp Inc. narrowed its fourth-quarter loss as revenue rose with help from higher minerals prices.
The Colorado company said Wednesday it lost $7.9 million, or 10 cents per share, compared with a loss of $9.1 million, or 22 cents per share, a year earlier.
The company said excluding some items such as charges for stock-based compensation and equipment write-offs, the company would have earned 3 cents per share.
Revenue grew to $21.7 million from $2.2 million a year earlier.
The company sells rare-earth metals and magnets used in a variety of industries. The company sold about one-third more tons in the fourth quarter and benefited from an average sales price of $34.02 per kilogram, compared with $4.72 a year earlier.
Molycorp said prices have continued to increase this year. It predicted that China's government will continue to limit exports of rare earth.
For all of 2010, the company lost $49.1 million, or 79 cents a share, on revenue of $35.2 million, compared with a loss of $28.6 million, or 72 cents a share, on $7.1 million revenue in 2009.
Its shares rose $2.11, or 4.3 percent, to $50.73 in extended trading following the release of the earnings report. The shares ended the regular session down $1.15, or 2.3 percent, $48.62."
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