China's mining investment to pay off

Latin American output expected to surge as production gets underway

China's mining projects in Latin America will see an output boom over the next several years, but the country's investment in the region's resources industry will slow down, analysts said.

Chang Xingguo, project director of international minerals and the finance department of the China Mining Association, said China has invested in many copper and iron ore projects in Latin America since 2005, when commodity prices were high.