Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 5 SWOT
Analysis — 7 Metal Industry SWOT — 7
Romania Political SWOT — 7 Romania Economic
SWOT — 8 Romania Business Environment
SWOT — 8 Global Metals Market
Overview — 9 Table: World’s Top 10 Steel Producing
Countries — 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 Industry Forecast
Scenario — 28 Table: Romania’s Metals Industry,
2006-2013 — 30 Table: Romania Metals Industry,
2005-2013 — 31 Macroeconomic
Outlook — 31 Table: Romania – Economic Activity,
2006 – 2013 — 34 Competitive
Landscape — 35 Company Profiles — 38
Alro SA — 38 Mechel — 39
ArcelorMittal — 40 Tenaris
Silcotub — 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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