Basic Materials
Exclusive insider sentiment analysis for the Basic Materials sector. Track real-time Director purchases and institutional money flow to identify high-conviction opportunities before the market reacts.
| Filing Date | Trade Date | Ticker | Company Name | Reporting Person | Relationship | Industry | Type | Price | Qty | Total, $ | Owned After | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-25 18:15 | 2022-03-24 | NUE | NUCOR CORP | QUERY KENNETH REX | Officer; Executive Vice President | Steel | SALE | $153.69 | 4,000 | $614,742 | 61,957 | -6.1% |
| 2022-03-25 23:30 | 2022-03-23 | NEM | NEWMONT Corp /DE/ | Gehring Dean | Officer; EVP & CTO | Gold | SALE | $76.98 | 4,477 | $344,639 | 29,601 | -13.1% |
| 2022-03-24 20:32 | 2022-03-23 | NUE | NUCOR CORP | SLATE MARYEMILY | Officer; Executive Vice President | Steel | SALE | $146.03 | 4,436 | $647,805 | 58,816 | -7.0% |
| 2022-03-24 20:34 | 2022-03-23 | NUE | NUCOR CORP | Topalian Leon J | Officer; President and CEO | Steel | OPT+S | $148.28 | 16,589 | $2,459,734 | 118,944 | -12.2% |
| 2022-03-24 19:19 | 2022-03-23 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Bender Mark Steven | Officer; EVP and CFO | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $125.17 | 6,000 | $751,011 | 30,725 | -16.3% |
| 2022-03-23 16:21 | 2022-03-21 | NUE | NUCOR CORP | Behr Allen C | Officer; Executive Vice President | Steel | SALE | $143.40 | 3,014 | $432,203 | 49,558 | -5.7% |
| 2022-03-24 01:24 | 2022-03-22 | ITH | INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD | DRESCHER ANTON J | Director | Gold | OPT+S | $1.30 | 80,100 | $104,130 | 731,676 | -9.9% |
| 2022-03-22 23:44 | 2022-03-21 | CENX | CENTURY ALUMINUM CO | DeZee John | Officer; EVP and General Counsel | Aluminum | SALE | $27.64 | 15,287 | $422,548 | 45,484 | -25.2% |
| 2022-03-22 23:10 | 2022-03-21 | MOS | MOSAIC CO | Ricard Corrine D. | Officer; Sr VP - Mosaic Fertilizantes | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $67.00 | 10,000 | $670,010 | 65,501 | -13.2% |
| 2022-03-23 00:00 | 2022-03-18 | KALU | KAISER ALUMINUM CORP | HOCKEMA JACK A | Director | Aluminum | SALE | $91.71 | 750 | $68,783 | 25,085 | -2.9% |
| 2022-03-22 22:03 | 2022-03-21 | K | KELLANOVA | KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST | 10% owner | Gold | SALE | $61.02 | 146,153 | $8,917,935 | 58,193,368 | -0.3% |
| 2022-03-22 03:25 | 2022-03-18 | IPI | Intrepid Potash, Inc. | Baldridge Robert E | Officer; SVP - New Mexico | Agricultural Inputs | OPT+S | $64.89 | 16,039 | $1,040,771 | 3,525 | -82.0% |
| 2022-03-21 23:49 | 2022-03-18 | KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | Pearce Bradley A | Officer; Chief Accounting Officer | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $29.46 | 1,000 | $29,460 | 29,632 | -3.3% |
| 2022-03-19 00:52 | 2022-03-17 | NNUP | NOCOPI TECHNOLOGIES INC/MD/ | Winger Matthew C. | Other | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $0.19 | 5,000 | $950 | 570,000 | +0.9% |
| 2022-03-19 01:49 | 2022-03-16 | MP | MP Materials Corp. / DE | Gold Daniel Allen | Director | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | SALE | $43.85 | 800,000 | $35,076,000 | 6,967,205 | -10.3% |
| 2022-03-19 00:52 | 2022-03-16 | NNUP | NOCOPI TECHNOLOGIES INC/MD/ | Liebowitz Michael | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $0.19 | 64,334 | $12,223 | 8,695,582 | +0.7% |
| 2022-03-18 23:30 | 2022-03-18 | ESI | Element Solutions Inc | Maynard-Elliott Nichelle | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $22.67 | 9,141 | $207,226 | 18,422 | -33.2% |
| 2022-03-19 01:00 | 2022-03-16 | MP | MP Materials Corp. / DE | QVT Financial LP | Director, Other | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | SALE | $43.85 | 800,000 | $35,076,000 | 6,967,205 | -10.3% |
| 2022-03-18 00:57 | 2022-03-15 | MUX | McEwen Inc. | Mah G. Peter | Officer; CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $1.06 | 23,575 | $24,990 | 31,575 | +294.7% |
| 2022-03-18 00:07 | 2022-03-15 | CTVA | Corteva, Inc. | Engel Klaus A | Director | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $52.76 | 3,000 | $158,280 | 28,742 | -9.5% |
| 2022-03-17 16:37 | 2022-03-16 | AREC | American Resources Corporation | Jensen Mark C. | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Coking Coal | BUY | $2.01 | 5,000 | $10,061 | 5,164,896 | +0.1% |
| 2022-03-17 16:42 | 2022-03-16 | AREC | American Resources Corporation | Sauve Thomas M. | Director, Officer; President | Coking Coal | BUY | $2.02 | 5,000 | $10,092 | 4,414,137 | +0.1% |
| 2022-03-17 23:35 | 2022-03-15 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | Seward James Malcolm | Officer; SVP, R&D, Tech & Sustain. | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $103.03 | 4,038 | $416,035 | 16,509 | -19.7% |
| 2022-03-16 23:09 | 2022-03-14 | PPTA | PERPETUA RESOURCES CORP. | Sayer Laurel | Director, Officer; See Remarks. | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $4.48 | 500 | $2,240 | 10,250 | +5.1% |
| 2022-03-16 23:07 | 2022-03-14 | PPTA | PERPETUA RESOURCES CORP. | Robison Chris J | Director | Other Precious Metals & Mining | BUY | $3.92 | 3,000 | $11,774 | 30,000 | +11.1% |
| 2022-03-16 23:05 | 2022-03-14 | CMC | COMMERCIAL METALS Co | Smith Barbara | Director, Officer; Chairman, President & CEO | Steel | SALE | $40.54 | 25,000 | $1,013,500 | 558,785 | -4.3% |
| 2022-03-16 19:12 | 2022-03-14 | WOLV | Wolverine Resources Corp. | Costerd Bruce Edward | Director, Officer, 10% owner; CEO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.00 | 8,000,000 | $16,000 | 287,539,962 | +2.9% |
| 2022-03-16 19:11 | 2022-03-14 | WOLV | Wolverine Resources Corp. | Haderer Richard Dean | Director, Officer; CFO | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.00 | 30,000,000 | $60,000 | 59,000,000 | +103.4% |
| 2022-03-16 19:10 | 2022-03-14 | WOLV | Wolverine Resources Corp. | Young Craig | Director | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $0.00 | 50,000,000 | $100,000 | 85,000,000 | +142.9% |
| 2022-03-17 03:02 | 2022-03-16 | ORGN | Origin Materials, Inc. | Drucker Charles | Director, 10% owner | Chemicals | BUY | $6.13 | 40,000 | $245,012 | 790,000 | +5.3% |
| 2022-03-16 15:20 | 2022-03-14 | TSE | Trinseo PLC | ALVARADO JOSEPH | Director | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $46.94 | 1,000 | $46,940 | 14,611 | +7.3% |
| 2022-03-16 04:17 | 2022-03-11 | MP | MP Materials Corp. / DE | Gold Daniel Allen | Director, 10% owner | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | SALE | $43.93 | 100,000 | $4,393,000 | 7,295,581 | -1.4% |
| 2022-03-16 00:00 | 2022-03-14 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | Greiff Andrew S | Officer; President and COO | Steel | BUY | $28.79 | 2,500 | $71,975 | 11,521 | +27.7% |
| 2022-03-15 23:05 | 2022-03-14 | CF | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | Hoker Richard A | Officer; VP and Corporate Controller | Agricultural Inputs | SALE | $93.93 | 4,085 | $383,719 | 57,244 | -6.7% |
| 2022-03-16 02:07 | 2022-03-11 | MP | MP Materials Corp. / DE | QVT Financial LP | Director, 10% owner, Other | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | SALE | $43.93 | 100,000 | $4,393,000 | 7,295,581 | -1.4% |
| 2022-03-16 00:00 | 2022-03-14 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc. | MARABITO RICHARD T | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Steel | BUY | $28.66 | 2,500 | $71,650 | 43,894 | +6.0% |
| 2022-03-15 21:49 | 2022-03-14 | AMTX | Aemetis Inc. | BLOCK JOHN R | Director | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $12.12 | 65,536 | $794,113 | 24,091 | -73.1% |
| 2022-03-16 00:17 | 2022-03-11 | SCCO | SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/ | VELASCO GERMAN LARREA MOTA | Director, Officer; Chairman of the Board | Copper | SALE | $74.94 | 200,000 | $14,987,600 | 374,966 | -34.8% |
| 2022-03-14 19:04 | 2022-03-11 | MP | MP Materials Corp. / DE | Hoops Elliot Dean | Officer; General Counsel and Secretary | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | BUY | $44.01 | 4,000 | $176,040 | 13,658 | +41.4% |
| 2022-03-14 23:23 | 2022-03-09 | AMR | Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. | Whitehead Jason E. | Officer; Chief Operating Officer | Coking Coal | SALE | $119.56 | 16,978 | $2,029,919 | 56,982 | -23.0% |
| 2022-03-14 22:06 | 2022-03-11 | FMC | FMC CORP | Pfeiffer Nicholas | Officer; Corporate Controller | Agricultural Inputs | OPT+S | $123.65 | 2,181 | $269,681 | 12,722 | -14.6% |
| 2022-03-14 15:00 | 2022-03-11 | UFPI | UFP INDUSTRIES INC | WEBSTER PATRICK M | Officer; President and COO | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $85.36 | 15,815 | $1,349,968 | 264,051 | -5.7% |
| 2022-03-14 15:52 | 2022-03-10 | WLK | WESTLAKE CORP | Buesinger Robert F. | Officer; EVP, HIP, IT & Digital | Specialty Chemicals | OPT+S | $117.61 | 22,555 | $2,652,694 | 14,839 | -60.3% |
| 2022-03-15 00:15 | 2022-03-11 | SSD | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | ANDRASICK JAMES S | Director | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $117.99 | 500 | $58,995 | 5,945 | -7.8% |
| 2022-03-14 15:00 | 2022-03-11 | UFPI | UFP INDUSTRIES INC | MISSAD MATTHEW J | Director, Officer; Chief Executive Officer | Lumber & Wood Production | SALE | $84.37 | 10,000 | $843,700 | 330,209 | -2.9% |
| 2022-03-14 18:39 | 2022-03-11 | NG | NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC | Lang Gregory A. | Director, Officer; President and CEO | Gold | OPT+S | $7.67 | 51,104 | $391,968 | 1,613 | -96.9% |
| 2022-03-14 23:57 | 2022-03-11 | THM | INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD | DRESCHER ANTON J | Director | Gold | SALE | $1.30 | 39,900 | $51,950 | 691,776 | -5.5% |
| 2022-03-14 22:41 | 2022-03-11 | HDSN | HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC /NY | MANDRACCHIA STEPHEN P | Director | Specialty Chemicals | SALE | $5.77 | 200,000 | $1,153,000 | 531,756 | -27.3% |
| 2022-03-12 04:11 | 2022-03-11 | NNUP | NOCOPI TECHNOLOGIES INC/MD/ | Winger Matthew C. | Other | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $0.19 | 17,624 | $3,349 | 565,000 | +3.2% |
| 2022-03-12 04:12 | 2022-03-09 | NNUP | NOCOPI TECHNOLOGIES INC/MD/ | Liebowitz Michael | 10% owner | Specialty Chemicals | BUY | $0.19 | 229,576 | $43,619 | 8,631,248 | +2.7% |
Strategic Analysis
Analyzing insider transactions within the Basic Materials sector provides critical insights into institutional sentiment. When multiple executives across different companies in the same industry exhibit similar buying patterns (cluster buying), it often signals an upcoming sector-wide recovery or undervalued market conditions.
Regulatory Transparency
Our platform tracks SEC Form 4 filings in real-time. We differentiate between routine option exercises and open-market purchases to give you a clear view of "Skin in the Game". Understanding the roles of Directors vs. 10% Owners helps prioritize signals that carry the most predictive weight.
UNDERSTANDING THE DATA
FILING DATE: The date and time when the transaction was reported to the SEC. This is when the public first receives the information.
TRADE DATE: The actual day the insider executed the purchase or sale in the market.
INDUSTRY: The specific market sector the company operates in. Useful for identifying broader institutional capital flows across sectors.
OWNED AFTER: The total number of shares held by the insider following the transaction. This highlights the insider's remaining conviction in the company.
CHANGE %: The percentage increase or decrease of the insider's total position. Large percentage changes often carry more weight than the dollar amount alone.
TRADE TYPES DEFINITIONS
BUY: An open market purchase. Typically indicates an insider's belief that the stock is undervalued or poised for growth.
SELL: An open market sale. While often used for diversification or liquidity, large or unexpected sales can be a warning signal.
OPT+S (OPTION EXERCISE & SALE): This occurs when an insider exercises their stock options and sells them immediately. Often part of a structured compensation plan.