China’s booming copper imports an echo of the last crisis

Liu Han, 48, was found guilty of 13 charges, including murder, running casinos and illegally selling firearms.

The B.C. government’s annual three-day LNG Conference opened May 21 in the shadow of an announcement that Russia had signed a $400 billion, 30-year deal to supply natural gas to China – one of B.C.’s hoped for long-term liquefied natural gas customers.

An initial 90-day moratorium on new prospecting permits could be extended if necessary, authorities said.

Iron ore prices came back from the dead Wednesday on worries over a shutdown of Australia's largest export port.

This year iron ore is down 27% hitting a fresh low of $97.50 on Tuesday, echoing 2011 and 2012 when the price dropped by a third in a matter of weeks.

The movement of gold from west to east has slowed dramatically new report shows.

India was set to substantially grow exports this year, but now courts have shut down an additional 26 mines with combined output of 40 million tonnes.

"Now that we broke through $100, I think that's a very bearish sign. It shows you there's a lot of supply around"

This scarce industrial metal has characteristics similar to lead, but is non-toxic.