Clouds gather for minsands as energy minerals renege on premature optimism
By Laura Syrett
Published: Monday, 22 September 2014
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Industrial mineral markets were
slow to get moving in September, with anticipated upticks in
buying activity in a number of sectors, including graphite,
lithium and iodine, failing to materialise, causing prices to
flatten or fall back.
Persistent concerns about the health of the Chinese economy,
and in particular its construction...