Canadian mining company Teck Resources (NYSE: TECK) struggled throughout 2018, but the stock is showing signs of life in 2019.The indicators did the same thing back in November when the first low was hit to start forming the trend channel. The Tickeron AI Trend Prediction tool generated a bullish signal on Teck Resources on February 14.

Mining behemoth Rio Tinto experienced solidly positive growth in profit in the first half of the year and has announced more share repurchases along with a dividend hike. Its profits during the first half of 2018 were $4.42 billion, compared to $3.94 billion in the same period last year. The company wants to buy back an additional $1 billion in shares, by the end of February 2019.It projects the year's shipments to be near the upper end of the guidance range of 330 to 340 million tons.