NEW YORK, May 27 /PRNewswire/ — It was a tale of two halves in 2009 for the global mining industry. The trends seen at the end of 2008 continued into the beginning of 2009, with commodity prices continuing to fall, tough price negotiations with customers an issue and challenging market conditions overall. Read more at http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mining-industry-in-next-phase-of-the-boom-although-short-term-volatility-remains-finds-new-report-from-pricewaterhousecoopers-95011144.html