Nutrien speeds up sale of $4bn-stake in Chilean lithium giant SQM

The company also fell behind the consensus estimates for both earnings and revenue.

The Gold Report reached out to experts who have been around through enough cycles to know and asked for the clues they watch that an acquisition might be imminent

At fifth plenum Beijing recommits to high economic growth rates, faster urbanization and indicates it's willing to step in to make it happen.

Since the end of the “flash crash” that hit markets on August 24, when the Dow dropped 1,100 points in the first five minutes of trading, miners have been up.

In 2011, during the peak of the so-called “mining boom”, the sector was worth nearly US$2.5 trillion.

The fertilizer giant also announced temporary inventory shutdowns as it deals with a weakening potash market.

Commodity Sentiment Index shows it's always coldest before the dawn.

The $3.15 billion project will tap into the world’s largest and highest grade deposit of polyhalite, used as a fertilizer, inside the North York Moors National Park.

All you need to know about mining and metals and the role the sector plays in key industries of the global economy in one simple table.