Nova Royalty to profit from Rio Tinto’s Janice Lake project

Mick Carew, a research analyst with Haywood Securities, hopes we have found the bottom of the commodity cycle but expects M&A activity to continue apace through the rest of this year and into 2016.

More demonstrations are expected Monday, as mine workers rally near the Canadian company's mines.

The company said is not keen on Rio Tinto's thermal coal assets, currently up for sale.

The US has suspended the futures market on the Nasdaq index, as panicking traders have driven it down 5% — the maximum allowed under Wall Street rules.

Appian Capital founder Michael Scherb: "You're now seeing the same changes in mining that happened in oil and gas which is now heavily supported by PE"

Three dozen miners out of work, as low metals prices shutter operation earlier than expected.

Today may be the end of this trend of divergence. US equities are at a precipice: fueled by low rates and quantitative easing for years, they have finally started to tumble from record highs.

Metals from copper to aluminum fell again Friday, and were heading for their worst week of the year, after data showed Chinese factory activity shrinking at the fastest pace since 2009.

Chinese rail freight tonnage – a key indicator for economic activity and the commodities trade – has plunged by 10.2% this year.