Yves here. As if lower commodity prices were a bad thing…And lumber prices have already started to soften. Too many forget that the then less hefty China was a big driver of the 2007-2008 commodities boom and bust. By Tsvetana Paraskova, a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing for news outlets such as iNVEZZ and SeeNews. Originally published at OilPrice One of the biggest drivers of the surge in metals prices this year, the world’s top commodity consumer China, is showing signs of a slowdown in demand, which could drag down copper and iron ore prices for the rest of the year after a blistering rally in the first half.