Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 5
SWOT
Analysis — 7
China Political SWOT — 7
China Economic SWOT — 8
China Business Environment
SWOT — 9
Special Focus: Outlook For Global
Mining — 10
Table: Biggest Chinese Acquisitions In
Australia Since 2005 — 12
Table: Global Mining – Top
Five Companies By Market Capitalisation (US$mn) — 14
Table: Global Mining – Key Players’ Future Investment Plans
(selected projects) — 15
Industry Trends And
Developments — 17
Market Overview — 17
Regulatory Structure — 17
Regulatory Structure
Developments — 20
Project And Property
Updates — 21
Metals — 21
Gold — 21
Copper — 21
Nickel — 22
Iron — 22
Zinc — 23
Bauxite And Alumina — 23
Uranium — 24
Minerals — 24
Coal — 24
Table: Mines In China — 26
Business Environment — 27
Asia Pacific
Overview — 27
Table: Asia-Pacific Business Environment
Ranking — 27
China – Business Environment
Ranking — 28
Limits Of Potential
Returns — 28
Risks To Realisation Of
Returns — 28
Legal Framework — 29
Table: BMI’s Legal Framework Ratings — 30
Labour
Force — 32
Table: China – Demographic Indicators,
2000-2030 — 33
Table: Regional Labour Force
Quality — 34
Foreign Investment
Policy — 35
Table: Asia’s FDI Inflows,
2005-2006 — 36
Table: China’s Annual FDI Inflows,
2000-2006 — 36
Political
Environment — 37
Foreign Policy — 37
Domestic Politics — 38
Macroeconomic
Forecast — 40
Table: China – Economic
Activity — 42
Industry Forecast
Scenario — 43
Metals Price
Outlook — 43
Aluminium — 43
Table: BMI
Aluminium Forecast — 43
Copper — 45
Table: BMI Copper Forecast — 45
Table: Stock Levels At
London Metals Exchange Warehouses (tonnes) — 47
Global
Industry Overview — 47
Regional
Analysis — 48
China – Mining Industry
Forecast — 50
Table: China’s Mining Industry,
2005-2013 (US$mn, unless otherwise stated) — 51
Competitive Landscape — 52
Table: Key Players In
China’s Mining sector — 52
Company
Monitor — 53
Shandong Gold Mining
Company — 53
Zijin Mining Group — 54
Datong Coal Industry Company — 55
Zhaojin Mining Industry
Company — 56
Appendices — 57
Appendix
A: Global Assumptions — 57
Table: Global Assumptions,
2008-2011 — 57
Developed States — 58
Table: Developed States’ Real GDP Growth,
2007-2012 — 58
Emerging Markets — 59
Table: Emerging Markets’ Real GDP Growth,
2007-2012 — 60
Regional Aggregate Data And Exchange Rate
Forecasts — 61
Table: Global & Regional Real GDP Growth &
Average Exchange Rates, 2008-2011 — 61
Appendix B:
Business Environment Ratings Methodology — 62
Ratings
Overview — 62
Table: Mining Business Environment
Indicators — 63
Table: Weighting Of
Components — 64
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