Column: After three years of exports China is now short of lead

Eleven straight sessions of gains lift copper price to within sight of three-year highs.

Auction of $2 billion Michiquillay project in northern Peru slated for this week is canceled by the embattled government of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.

Increased home demand is good news for resources and raw materials.

More than half the 2017 combined market cap gains for the world's largest listed miners accrued to just five firms as gold producers drop out of top 10.

Auction for $2 billion Michiquillay copper mine project in Peru was canceled by government of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski but is now slated for February.

Gold miners closed $163M, about two-thirds of total money raised in October.

Ames Lab scientists are working towards mastering graphene's assembly in combination with other materials.

The political shifts are good news for the likes of BHP Billiton Ltd., Rio Tinto Group, Glencore Plc and Anglo American Plc.

Strikes and slashed funds at South American copper operations could be an early sign of what is likely to be a defining feature of the market next year.