PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. (SCHN) on Thursday reported a loss of $17.8 million in its fiscal first quarter.

On a per-share basis, the Portland, Oregon-based company said it had a loss of 64 cents. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 44 cents per share.

The recycler of ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal posted revenue of $598.7 million in the period.

This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on SCHN at https://www.zacks.com/ap/SCHN

Copyright by Automated Insights, Inc. All rights reserved., source Associated Press News