Most London base metals prices dropped on Friday after a closely watched private survey showed that factory activity in China, the world's top metals consumer, shrank by the most in almost three ...

Activity in China's factory sector contracted in January for the first time in six months, a preliminary survey showed on Thursday, pointing to a weak start for the economy in 2014 as policymakers ...

(Yicai) June 30 -- Activity in China’s manufacturing sector showed a modest improvement for the second month running in June, ...