Coal and oil boost Sherritt

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SHERRITT INTERNATIONAL $5.45 (Toronto symbol S; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (1-800-704-6698; www.sherritt.com; Shares outstanding: 296.4 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; Dividend yield: 2.8%) reports that its earnings per share jumped 114.3% in the three months ended September 30, 2011, to $0.15 from $0.07. Revenue rose 13.0%, to $466.4 million from $412.7 million a year earlier. The improved results were mainly due to higher coal and oil prices. Sherritt is a natural-resource company that produces nickel, cobalt, thermal coal, oil and gas. It also manages 376 megawatts of power-generation capacity in Cuba. The company is Cuba’s largest foreign investor. However, it is diversifying away from Cuba by investing in other countries. Sherritt International is a buy. buy…