[ferro-alloys.com]After a strong start to 2018, the value of the world’s largest mining stocks began turning down well before summer as worries about a China–US trade war continued to mount.

Even before the Trump–Xi tariff battles began, fears of a slowdown in China, consumer and producer of nearly half the world’s metals and minerals, were gnawing at investors hoping for another year of strong gains for the industry.

After a strong start to 2018, the value of the world’s largest mining stocks began turning down well before summer as worries about a China–US trade war continued to mount.

Even before the Trump–Xi tariff battles began, fears of a slowdown in China, consumer and producer of nearly half the world’s metals and minerals, were gnawing at investors hoping for another year of strong gains for the industry.

(Mining.com)

• [Editor:王可]