Shandong Gold ups offer for Cardinal

While the WA government is favours Chinese capitals, Australian junior Padbury Mining says it has secured $6.5 billion to take over the project, but refuses to reveal backer's name.

Baotou says WTO ruling will only increase pain for the industry.

Parents on either side give the couple gold - what jewelry stores call jiehun san jin, literally "marriage, three gold".

After steady recovery from near four-year lows, copper price sinks below $3 a pound again over China and supply growth worries.

The country's gold fever is expected to cool this year.

Chinese buyers cough up $6.3 billion in cool hard cash for massive Peru copper project indicating renewed confidence in prospects for the red metal.

The 8% one-day drop in the iron ore price in March was the result of a new dynamic in the market: panicked selling by traders using ore as loan collateral.

Founder and chief investment officer of $49 billion DoubleLine Capital may be a huge China bear, but he likes gold.

China's iron ore imports jump 21% to 74 million tonnes while copper imports surge 31%.