The Metals & Mining: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Metals & Mining industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

• Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation
• Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies
• Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards
• Covers the Global, European and Asia-Pacific markets as well as individual chapters on 5 major markets (France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US).
• Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights

• The global metals and mining industry grew by 8.5% in 2008 to reach a value of $1,661.4 billion.
• In 2013, the global metals and mining industry is forecast to have a value of $2,290.8 billion, an increase of 37.9% since 2008.
• Iron and steel sales dominated the global metals and mining industry in 2008, generating 63.4% of the industry's overall revenues.
• Asia-Pacific leads the global metals and mining industry, accounting for 54.1% of the industry's overall value.

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Market Definition

The metals and mining industry consists of the aluminum, iron & steel, precious metals & minerals, coal and base metal markets. In the aluminum market, only production of primary aluminum is considered. Recycled aluminum is not included within this report. The market is valued at manufacturer's selling price (MSP). The base metals market consists of lead, zinc, copper, nickel and tin. The market has been valued as total primary metal production at annual average prices.

The coal market consists of just primary coal (anthracite, bituminous and lignite). Secondary coal (metallurgical coke, anthracite and bituminous briquets, and lignite briquets) is not included in this report. The market has been valued as total mine production at annual average minemouth prices and does not include any transportation costs. The iron & steel market consists of the production of crude steel, blast furnace (pig) iron and direct reduced iron. Market values have been calculated using annual average steel and iron prices. The precious metals & minerals market includes gold, silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium and industrial and gem-quality diamonds. The market is valued using total annual mining production volumes and annual average prices.

Key Topics Covered:

• CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 2 GLOBAL METALS & MINING
• CHAPTER 3 METALS & MINING IN ASIA-PACIFIC
• CHAPTER 4 METALS & MINING IN EUROPE
• CHAPTER 5 METALS & MINING IN BELGIUM
• CHAPTER 6 METALS & MINING IN CANADA
• CHAPTER 7 METALS & MINING IN CHINA
• CHAPTER 8 METALS & MINING IN FRANCE
• CHAPTER 9 METALS & MINING IN GERMANY
• CHAPTER 10 METALS & MINING IN ITALY
• CHAPTER 11 METALS & MINING IN JAPAN
• CHAPTER 12 METALS & MINING IN THE NETHERLANDS
• CHAPTER 13 METALS & MINING IN SPAIN
• CHAPTER 14 METALS & MINING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
• CHAPTER 15 METALS & MINING IN THE UNITED STATES
• CHAPTER 16 COMPANY PROFILES
• CHAPTER 17 APPENDIX
• LIST OF TABLES
• LIST OF FIGURES

Companies Mentioned Include:

• Alcoa Inc
• Anglo American plc
• Corus Group plc
• BHP Billiton

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Source: Datamonitor