Global Base Metals

Introduction

Global Base Metals industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2006-10, and forecast to 2015). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Global base metals market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

• The base metals market consists of lead, zinc, copper, nickel and tin. Volumes indicate annual mine production of each metal. Volumes are converted to values using constant annual average London Metal Exchange (LME) prices for each metal. Company shares have been calculated based on volumes mined by each company and average LME prices. All currency conversions in this profile were calculated using 2010 average exchange rate.
• The global base metals market had total revenue of $154.6 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.6% for the period spanning 2006-2010.
• Market production volumes increased with a CAGR of 1.5% between 2006-2010, to reach a total of 32 million metric tons in 2010.
• The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 10% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $248.8 billion by the end of 2015.

Features

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Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the Global base metals market by value in 2010?

What will be the size of the Global base metals market in 2015?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Global base metals market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

Who are the top competitiors in Global's base metals market?

Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

MARKET OVERVIEW

Market definition
Research highlights
Market analysis

MARKET VALUE

MARKET VOLUME

MARKET SEGMENTATION I

MARKET SEGMENTATION II

MARKET SHARE

FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS

Summary
Buyer power
Supplier power
New entrants
Substitutes
Rivalry

LEADING COMPANIES

BHP Billiton Group
MMC Norilsk Nickel
Teck Resources Limited
Xstrata Plc

MARKET FORECASTS

Market value forecast
Market volume forecast

APPENDIX

Methodology
Industry associations
Related Datamonitor research
Disclaimer

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Global base metals market value: $ billion, 2006–10
Table 2: Global base metals market volume: billion metric tons, 2006–10
Table 3: Global base metals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010
Table 4: Global base metals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010
Table 5: Global base metals market share: % share, by value, 2010
Table 6: BHP Billiton Group: key facts
Table 7: BHP Billiton Group: key financials ($)
Table 8: BHP Billiton Group: key financial ratios
Table 9: MMC Norilsk Nickel: key facts
Table 10: MMC Norilsk Nickel: key financials ($)
Table 11: MMC Norilsk Nickel: key financial ratios
Table 12: Teck Resources Limited: key facts
Table 13: Teck Resources Limited: key financials ($)
Table 14: Teck Resources Limited: key financials (C$)
Table 15: Teck Resources Limited: key financial ratios
Table 16: Xstrata Plc: key facts
Table 17: Xstrata Plc: key financials ($)
Table 18: Xstrata Plc: key financial ratios
Table 19: Global base metals market value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15
Table 20: Global base metals market volume forecast: billion metric tons, 2010–15

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Global base metals market value: $ billion, 2006–10
Figure 2: Global base metals market volume: billion metric tons, 2006–10
Figure 3: Global base metals market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010
Figure 4: Global base metals market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010
Figure 5: Global base metals market share: % share, by value, 2010
Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the global base metals market, 2010
Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the global base metals market, 2010
Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the global base metals market, 2010
Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the global base metals market, 2010
Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the global base metals market, 2010
Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the global base metals market, 2010
Figure 12: BHP Billiton Group: revenues & profitability
Figure 13: BHP Billiton Group: assets & liabilities
Figure 14: MMC Norilsk Nickel: revenues & profitability
Figure 15: MMC Norilsk Nickel: assets & liabilities
Figure 16: Teck Resources Limited: revenues & profitability
Figure 17: Teck Resources Limited: assets & liabilities
Figure 18: Xstrata Plc: revenues & profitability
Figure 19: Xstrata Plc: assets & liabilities
Figure 20: Global base metals market value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15
Figure 21: Global base metals market volume forecast: billion metric tons, 2010–15
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