MDU Reports Earnings; Approves Knife River Separation

MDU Resources Group Inc. reported first-quarter earnings on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $38.3 million, or 19 cents per share, with adjusted earnings of $46.6 million, or 23 cents per share, compared to first quarter 2022 GAAP earnings of $31.7 million, or 16 cents per share. MDU Resources announced on Aug. 4, 2022, its intent to separate…

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MDU Resources Names Knife River Executive Team

MDU Resources Group Inc.’s  board of directors has selected the management team who will lead Knife River Corp., the company’s construction materials subsidiary, effective upon completion of the anticipated separation of Knife River into an independent, publicly traded company. MDU Resources expects to complete the spinoff in the second quarter. Additionally, the board has named Knife River President Brian R. Gray…

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MDU Construction Materials Business Has Record Year

MDU Resources Group Inc. reported 2022 earnings on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $367.5 million, or $1.81 per share, with adjusted earnings of $380.2 million, or $1.87 per share, compared to 2021 GAAP earnings of $378.1 million, or $1.87 per share. In the fourth quarter, the company on a GAAP basis earned $117.1 million, or 57 cents…

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MDU Resources Expects Second Quarter Spinoff of Knife River Corp.

MDU Resources Group Inc. submitted a confidential draft registration statement on Form 10 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the planned spinoff of its construction materials business, Knife River Corp. MDU Resources expects the spinoff of Knife River will be complete in the second quarter of 2023. MDU Resources had announced on Aug. 4 its intent…

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Gray Named President of Knife River Corp.

The board of directors of MDU Resources Group Inc. named Brian R. Gray president of the company’s wholly owned construction materials subsidiary, Knife River Corp., effective Jan. 1, 2023. David C. Barney will remain Knife River’s chief executive officer. On Aug. 4, MDU Resources announced its intent to separate Knife River into an independent, publicly traded company. The separation is…

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Could a Closed Quarry Bring Baseball to Oregon?

June 15, 2021 – A Portland, Ore., developer is swinging for the fences with a proposal that not only sets the stage to entice Major League Baseball to Oregon, but also brings needed housing, industry and parks into Rockwood, Ore. And the star of the plan is Knife River’s closed Rockwood sand and gravel quarry. Barry Smith, an architect, has drafted plans to…

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