Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 5 SWOT
Analysis — 7 China Political SWOT — 7
China Economic SWOT — 8 China Business Environment
SWOT — 9 Global Metals Market
Overview — 10 Table: World’s Top 10 Steel Producing
Countries, 2007 And 2008 — 12 Aluminium
Outlook — 13 Table: BMI Aluminium
Forecast — 13 Table: Global Primary Smelter Aluminium
Production, 2008-2010 (‘000 tonnes) — 15 Copper
Outlook — 15 Table: BMI Copper
Forecast — 15 Metals Price
Outlook — 17 Table: Stock Levels At London Metal Exchange
Warehouses (tonnes) — 19 Global Mining
Outlook — 19 Table: Biggest Chinese Acquisitions In
Australia Since 2005 — 21 Table: Global Mining – Top
Five Companies By Market Capitalisation (US$mn) — 23
Table: Global Mining – Key Players’ Future Investment Plans
(selected projects) — 24 Regional
Overview — 26 Table: Top 10 Asian Steel Producers,
2007 — 26 Industry Forecast
Scenario — 29 Table: China’s Metals Industry,
2006-2013 — 33 Macroeconomic
Forecasts — 33 Table: China – Economic Activity,
2005-2013 — 35 Competitive Landscape And Company
Profiles — 36 Steel — 36
Aluminium — 39 Table: China’s Aluminium Smelter
Capacities — 40 China Steel
Corporation — 42 Chung Hung Steel — 43
Chinalco — 44 Global Assumptions — 45
Table: Global Assumptions, 2007-2013 — 45 Table: Developed
States GDP Growth, 2008-2010 — 47 Table: Emerging Markets
GDP Growth, 2008-2010 — 48 Table: Commodity Prices,
2007-2010 — 49 BMI Forecast
Modelling — 50 How We Generate Our Industry
Forecasts — 50 Cross Checks — 50
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