Caterpillar's strong Q3 results comes from N. American coal sales

摘要

Caterpillar, in reporting record third-quarter sales and revenues, said October 13 that doubling US coal prices due to hot export markets helped fuel mining machinery sales in North America. The Peoria, Illinois, manufacturer said that it had record Q3 sales and revenues of 12.98 billion dollars, 13 percent higher than Q3 2007 sales and revenues of 11.44 billion dollars. North American sales increased 89 million dollars, or 3 percent.