Company initially recognising China controls mineral material (9)
I believe the answer is:
corporeal
'material' is the definition.
(I know that material can be written as corporeal)
'company initially recognising china controls mineral' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'company' could be 'co' (abbreviation) and 'co' is located in the answer.
'mineral' could be 'ore' (ore is a kind of mineral) and 'ore' is located in the answer.
'china' could be 'pal' (china plate is Cockney rhyming slang for mate) and 'pal' is found in the leftover letters.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for corporeal that I've seen before include "physical" , "not spiritual" , "Bodily" , "pink material" , "of flesh" .)