Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 5
Australia Political
SWOT — 7
Australia Economic SWOT
Analysis — 7
Australia Business Environment
SWOT — 8
Special Focus: Outlook For Global
Mining — 9
Table: Biggest Chinese Acquisitions In
Australia Since 2005 — 10
Table: Global Mining – Top
Five Companies By Market Capitalisation (US$mn) — 13
Table: Global Mining – Key Players’ Future Investment Plans
(selected projects) — 14
Key
Projects — 16
Iron — 16
Coal — 18
Gold — 19
Copper — 20
Manganese — 21
Zinc and
lead — 21
Nickel — 22
Diamonds — 23
Uranium — 24
Mining
Business Environment Ratings — 27
Regional Mining Overview
– Asia Pacific — 27
Table: Regional Mining Business
Environment Ratings — 27
Australia – Business
Environment Ranking — 28
Limits To Potential
Returns — 28
Risks To Realisation Of
Returns — 28
Legal Framework — 29
Labour Force — 30
Table: Demographic Indicators,
2000-2030 — 31
Table: Employment Indicators,
1999-2004 — 32
Foreign Investment
Policy — 32
Political Environment — 34
Domestic Politics — 34
Industry Forecast
Scenario — 37
Metals Price
Outlook — 37
Aluminium — 37
Table: BMI
Aluminium Forecast — 37
Copper — 39
Table: BMI Copper Forecast — 39
Table: Stock Levels At
London Metals Exchange Warehouses (tonnes) — 41
Global
Industry Overview — 41
Regional
Analysis — 41
Australia – Mining Industry
Forecast — 44
Table: Australia’s Mining Industry,
2006-2013 — 44
Competitive
Landscape — 47
Table: Australia Mining – Key
Players — 47
Company Monitor — 48
BHP
Billiton — 48
Newcrest Mining — 49
Minara Resources — 50
Rio Tinto — 51
Appendices — 53
Appendix A: Global
Assumptions — 53
Global — 53
Table:
Global Assumptions, 2007-2013 — 54
Economic
Activity — 54
Table: Global And Regional Real GDP Growth,
2006-2012 (% change y-o-y) — 55
Table: Developed
States’ Real GDP Growth, 2008-2010 — 56
Table:
Emerging Markets’ Real GDP Growth, 2008-2010 — 57
Monetary Policy — 57
Table: Developed Market Exchange
Rates, 2006-2010 (average) — 58
Table: Emerging Market
Exchange Rates, 2006-2010 (average) — 58
Commodities — 59
Appendix B: Business Environment Ratings
Methodology — 60
Ratings Overview — 60
Table: Mining Business Environment Indicators — 61
Table:
Weighting Of Components — 62
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