A recovery in steel margins in China eased concerns over weak demand for the metal.

US employers added hundreds of thousands more jobs than expected last month, suggesting the economy may not be in a recession.

Emerging from unsustainable lows fueled by anomalous fear, gold stocks’ upside potential is huge.

Bullion rose even after Federal Reserve officials pledged the central bank would continue an aggressive fight to cool soaring inflation.

Copper has lost nearly 30% since hitting a record high of $10,910 a tonne in March.

Glencore warned that Europe’s energy crisis poses a substantial threat to supply.

Almost a third of China’s steel mills could go into bankruptcy in a squeeze that’s likely to last five years, said the chairman of Hebei Jingye Steel Group.