Special Report

China's Red Gold

How copper is fueling the fastest modernization of any economy in history, and the global impact of China's growing appetite

Legendary U.S. Copper Prospector Has China as Biggest Customer

In a career spanning six decades, David Lowell has made 14 major discoveries. Chinese state-owned companies have paid $1.5 billion for two of his biggest prizes
Video: American Prospector Uncovers Copper

David Lowell, chairman and chief executive of CIC Resources, talks about his exploration methods and career as a geologist and mining engineer
Video: CIC CEO: Copper Prospecting by Mule

David Lowell, chairman and chief executive officer of CIC Resources, talks about his experiences prospecting for copper on a mule in the Dominican Republic during the early 1960s
China Boss in Peru on $50 Billion Peak Bought for $810 Million

China will gobble up a mountain and relocate a town in its hunger for mineral treasures
Video: China's Claim on $50 Billion Mine

Before Aluminum Corp. of China can mine the more than $50 billion of copper buried in the Toromocho mountain in Peru, the company must get the nearby residents to leave their land
China's Rural Growth Spurs Copper Demand

Expanding consumer demand beyond coastal boomtowns requires more metal than the world mines today
Video: China's Hunger for Copper

Chinese businessmen and citizens in Dao County, Hunan Province, talk about Beijing's drive to emulate coastal growth in rural areas, and the resulting demand for copper

Copper Prices Jump as China Doubles Usage

Investors bid up the price of the metal and the stocks of companies that mine it
China's Biggest Challenge: Urbanizing the Interior

China is today the world's second-largest economy, but to sustain its fierce growth it needs to expand beyond its coastal boomtowns and urbanize its mostly rural interior
Interactive Graphic: Copper: China's Red Gold

A visual guide to China's overseas mining acquisitions and how it uses copper refined in Peru
Video: China's Planned Copper Mine

Riot police fire tear gas to disperse rock-throwing protesters outside a public hearing on China's planned Toromocho copper mining project in Morococha, Peru
Video: Global Copper Markets

Gayle Berry, a metals analyst at Barclays Capital, talks with Bloomberg's Britton Staniar about the outlook for global copper markets
Video: China Is Getting 'Muscles'

Former U.S. Ambassador to China Stapleton Roy talks with Bloomberg's Elliot Blair Smith about the impact of China's demand for natural resources on the country and world