Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 5 SWOT
Analysis — 7 South Korea Political
SWOT — 7 South Korea Economic SWOT — 8
South Korea 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 Metals 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: South Korea’s Metals Industry,
2006-2013 — 32 Macroeconomic
Forecasts — 33 Table: South Korea – Economic
Activity, 2006-2013 — 37 Competitive Landscape And Company
Profiles — 38 Pohang Iron and Steel Company
(POSCO) — 39 Hyundai Steel — 40 Global
Assumptions — 41 Table: Global Assumptions,
2007-2013 — 41 Table: Developed States GDP Growth,
2008-2010 — 43 Table: Emerging Markets GDP Growth,
2008-2010 — 44 Table: Commodity Prices,
2007-2010 — 45 BMI Forecast
Modelling — 46 How We Generate Our Industry
Forecasts — 46 Cross Checks — 46
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