China is redrawing the global copper scrap map

US Embassy publishes embarrassing environmental data on Twitter

HSBC says the Middle Kingdom is replacing the United States and Europe as the driving force behind the world economy

Eight centuries before Christ

When up means down.

China and India resort to alternatives following 10-fold rise in potash prices last decade

The country's iron ore imports in 2012 totalled $95.6 billion, 8.4% higher than the previous year.

Scientists from Japan plan to search the floor of the Pacific Ocean for rare earth deposits in bid to reduce the nation's dependence on China for the key industrial materials

Wave of overseas acquisitions by Middle Kingdom miners continues unabated

That's because domestic miners are quickly ramping up production.