Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 5 SWOT
Analysis — 6 South Africa Political
SWOT — 6 South Africa Economic
SWOT — 6 South Africa Business Environment
SWOT — 7 Global Metals Market
Overview — 8 Table: World’s Top 10 Steel Producing
Countries, 2007-2008 — 10 Aluminium
Outlook — 11 Table: BMI Aluminium
Forecast — 11 Table: Global Primary Smelter Aluminium
Production, 2008-2010 (‘000 tonnes) — 13 Copper
Outlook — 13 Table: BMI Copper
Forecast — 13 Metals Price
Outlook — 15 Table: Stock Levels At London Metal Exchange
Warehouses (tonnes) — 17 Global Mining
Outlook — 17 Table: Biggest Chinese Acquisitions In
Australia Since 2005 — 19 Table: Global Mining – Top
Five Companies By Market Capitalisation (US$mn) — 21
Table: Global Mining – Key Players’ Future Investment Plans
(selected projects) — 22 Regional
Overview — 24 Aluminium — 24 Table:
Aluminium Smelters In Africa — 25 Industry Forecast
Scenario — 26 Table: South Africa’s Metals Industry,
2006-2013 — 28 Macroeconomic
Forecasts — 29 Table: South Africa – Economic
Activity, 2006 – 2013 — 31 Competitive
Landscape — 32 Table: ArcelorMittal’s Steel Mills In
South Africa — 34 Company
Profiles — 35 BHP Billiton — 35
ArcelorMittal — 36 Global
Assumptions — 37 Table: Global Assumptions,
2007-2013 — 37 Table: Developed States GDP Growth,
2008-2010 — 39 Table: Emerging Markets GDP Growth,
2008-2010 — 40 Table: Commodity Prices,
2007-2010 — 41 BMI Forecast
Modelling — 42 How We Generate Our Industry
Forecasts — 42 Cross Checks — 42
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