
The World Bank believes metals prices will rise more sharply in 2017 than it had forecast in July as a result of faster-than-expected mine closures. (Image source: Communicantcy/Pixabay)
Global mining activity is struggling to recover from its downturn at the start of 2015 and last year?s depressed metals prices, combined with falling demand in China and the rest of the key world economies, has led to fears in some quarters that the bottom of the cycle may not be reached in 2016