Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 5
SWOT
Analysis — 7
Australia Political
SWOT — 7
Australia Economic SWOT
Analysis — 7
Australia Business Environment
SWOT — 8
Global Metals Market
Overview — 9
Table: World’s Top 10 Steel Producing
Countries, 2007 And 2008 — 11
Aluminium
Outlook — 12
Table: BMI Aluminium
Forecast — 12
Table: Global Primary Smelter Aluminium
Production, 2008-2010 (‘000 tonnes) — 14
Copper
Outlook — 14
Table: BMI Copper
Forecast — 14
Metals Price
Outlook — 16
Table: Stock Levels At London Metal Exchange
Warehouses (tonnes) — 18
Global Mining
Outlook — 18
Table: Biggest Chinese Acquisitions In
Australia Since 2005 — 20
Table: Global Mining – Top
Five Companies By Market Capitalisation (US$mn) — 22
Table: Global Mining – Key Players’ Future Investment Plans
(selected projects) — 23
Regional
Overview — 25
Table: Top 10 Asian Steel Producers,
2007 — 25
Industry Forecast
Scenario — 28
Table: Australian Metals Industry,
2006-2013 — 29
Macroeconomic
Outlook — 29
Table: Australia – Economic Activity,
2006-2013 — 32
Competitive
Landscape — 33
Aluminium — 33
Table:
Australian Aluminium Smelters — 33
Steel — 35
Company Profiles — 38
Rio
Tinto Alcan — 38
Alcoa — 39
BlueScope
Steel — 40
OneSteel — 41
Global
Assumptions — 42
Table: Global Assumptions,
2007-2013 — 42
Table: Developed States GDP Growth,
2008-2010 — 44
Table: Emerging Markets GDP Growth,
2008-2010 — 45
Table: Commodity Prices,
2007-2010 — 46
BMI Forecast
Modelling — 47
How We Generate Our Industry
Forecasts — 47
Cross Checks — 47
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