Africa Metals & Minerals Outlook 2015-2016: China's Shakedown Could Hit Commodity Trade

JOHANNESBURG--August 27, 2015--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--At a time when China's dramatic stock falls are sending shock waves around the world's exchanges, it is easier to summarize the 2015-2016 possible "outlook" for Sub Saharan metals and minerals than it is to make specific "forecasts." The outlook is uncertain, with stocks in the sector falling about 5% on average globally, and China's consumption and import of mined commodities being squeezed downward. The devaluations of the Chinese yuan are constraining trade figures. Investors, who have piled up funds, are looking at new and current projects with great caution and due diligence, taking market conditions into account.

Within this article: Outlook for Africa's mining and minerals sector.