US Mining Companies (16) With Market Caps Above $1 Bil 2Q 2017 Total Earnings Were $927 Mil, Up a Blistering 269% From the $251 Mil Total Earnings in the 2Q 2016

From a review of the Google Finance Website and of company financial statements in the US SEC website, I found the 16 Mining Companies (SICs 1000s-1400s) headquartered in the US with Stock Market Capitalizations of more than $1 Bil very recently and which have filed their Calendar Second Quarter 2017 Financial Statements with the SEC.

Below here are the Total Reported US GAAP Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations for the Second Calendar Quarters of both 2017 and 2016 for each of these 16 largest US Mining Companies.

						Calendar	Calendar
						2Q 17	2Q 16
					Calendar	US GAAP	US GAAP	Net	Net
			Most		2Q 17	Net	Net	Income	Income
US Mining (SICs 1000-1400)	City	State	Recent		Month	Income	Income	Better	Better
Stock Market Caps Above $1 Bil	HQs	HQs	FYE		End	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Worse)	(Worse)
						$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	%
Southern Copper	Phoenix	AZ	Dec16		June	301	223	78	35%
Newmont Mining	Greenwood Village	CO	Dec16		June	166	(2)	168	NM
Martin Marietta Materials	Raleigh	NC	Dec16		June	142	122	20	16%
Warrior Met Coal	Brookwood	AL	Dec16		June	130	(50)	180	NM
Vulcan Materials	Birmingham	AL	Dec16		June	112	127	(15)	-12%
Cliffs Natural Resources	Cleveland	OH	Dec16		June	77	30	47	157%
Alliance Resource Partners LP	Tulsa	OK	Dec16		June	63	83	(20)	-24%
Summit Materials	Denver	CO	Dec16		June	52	22	30	136%
MDU Resources Group	Bismark	ND	Dec16		June	44	46	(2)	-4%
Arch Coal	St Louis	MO	Dec16		June	37	(176)	213	NM
Tahoe Resources	Reno	NV	Dec16		June	33	17	16	94%
US Silica Holdings Inc	Frederick	MD	Dec16		June	29	(12)	41	NM
Compass Minerals Intl Inc	Overland Park	KS	Dec16		June	(6)	6	(12)	NM
Coeur Mining	Chicago	IL	Dec16		June	(11)	14	(25)	NM
Hecla Mining Co	Coeur D'Alene	ID	Dec16		June	(24)	24	(48)	NM
Peabody Energy	St Louis	MO	Dec16		June	(218)	(223)	5	NM
Total all 16						927	251	676	269%