Company Updates, Capacity Reduction, Dividend Proposals, Share Price Movements, and Commencement of Production - Analyst Notes on ExxonMobil, Alcoa, Vale, CF Industries, and Hess

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Today, Analysts Review released its analysts' notes regarding Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM), Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA), Vale SA (NYSE: VALE), CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CF), and Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES). Private wealth members receive these notes ahead of publication. To reserve complementary membership, limited openings are available at: http://www.AnalystsReview.com/register

Exxon Mobil Corporation Analyst Notes

On March 31, 2014, Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) released two reports for the perusal of its shareholders on managing climate risk. These reports outline how the Company schedules its capital expenditures, assesses and plans for policies restricting greenhouse gas emissions and works to reduce emissions. The reports also include information on distribution of reserves by asset location and type. William Colton, Vice President of Corporate Strategic Planning, ExxonMobil said, "Our analysis and those of independent agencies confirms our long-standing view that all viable energy sources will be essential to meet increasing demand growth that accompanies expanding economies and rising living standards." The full analyst notes on Exxon Mobil Corporation are available to download free of charge at:

http://www.AnalystsReview.com/04032014/XOM/report.pdf

Alcoa Inc. Analyst Notes

On March 28, 2014, Alcoa Inc. (Alcoa) announced that the Company will reduce its smelting capacity in Brazil by 147,000 metric tons by the end of May 2014. The decision for capacity reduction was taken in the light of smelters being uncompetitive due to challenging global market conditions in primary aluminum and increase cost. As stated, the new reduction will include the remaining 62,000 metric tons of capacity from the Poços smelter, resulting in a full curtailment of its three potlines. Another 85,000 metric tons will be curtailed at São Luís. The reduction in capacity is part of the Company's overall goal of lowering its position on the world aluminum production cost curve to the 38th percentile and the alumina cost curve to the 21st percentile, by 2016. Post the completion of all announced curtailments and closures, Alcoa will have nearly 800,000 metric tons, or 21% of smelting capacity, offline. The full analyst notes on Alcoa Inc. are available to download free of charge at:

http://www.AnalystsReview.com/04032014/AA/report.pdf

Vale SA Analyst Notes

On March 28, 2014, Vale SA (Vale) announced that its Executive Board has approved the proposal for payment of the first installment of the minimum dividend of $2.1 billion, as previously announced on January 30, 2014, equal to $0.407499945 per common or preferred share, as of February 28, 2014. The Company informed that the aforementioned proposal will be submitted for the approval by the Company's Board of Directors on April 14, 2014. Once the Board ratifies the proposal, the payment will be made on April 30, 2014 to holders of record on April 17, 2014. The ex-dividend date for the Company's shares is expected to be April 15, 2014. The full analyst notes on Vale SA are available to download free of charge at:

http://www.AnalystsReview.com/04032014/VALE/report.pdf

CF Industries Holdings Inc. Analyst Notes

On March 31, 2014, CF Industries Holdings Inc.'s (CF Industries) stock moved up 1.11% to end the day at $260.64. CF Industries' stock opened the session at $258.08 and touched an intra-day high of $261.30. A total of 1.01 million shares changed hands, which was above the previous day trading volume of 0.64 million shares. The stock has a 52-week high of $267.76, which it made on March 7, 2014. Over the past one month, the stock has returned 3.87%, outperforming the Dow Jones Industrial Average which returned 0.83% over the same period. The full analyst notes on CF Industries Holdings Inc. are available to download free of charge at:

http://www.AnalystsReview.com/04032014/CF/report.pdf

Hess Corp. Analyst Notes

On March 25, 2014, a news article from Reuters reported that Hess Corp.'s (Hess) has started sourcing natural gas supply derived from the North Dakota shale from March 23, 2014. The plant was expanded to process excess natural gas produced at the state's 10,000 oil wells as part of a plan to curb flaring. According to the news article, speaking at the Howard Weil energy conference, the Company's CEO John Hess said that the expansion of the plant, which was under construction for more than a year, is part of Hess' broader plan to increase development in the state's Bakken shale. The full analyst notes on Hess Corp. are available to download free of charge at:

http://www.AnalystsReview.com/04032014/HES/report.pdf

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