Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 5
SWOT
Analysis — 7
SWOT AnalysisSouth Korea Political
SWOT — 7
South Korea Economic SWOT — 7
South Korea Business Environment SWOT — 8
Special Focus:
Outlook For Global Mining — 9
Table: Biggest Chinese
Acquisitions In Australia Since 2005 — 10
Table: Global
Mining – Top Five Companies By Market Capitalisation
(US$mn) — 13
Table: Global Mining – Key
Players’ Future Investment Plans (selected
projects) — 13
Industry Trends And
Developments — 15
Market Overview — 15
Table: Mines In South Korea — 15
Latest
Developments — 16
Regulatory Structure And
Developments — 17
Key Projects — 18
Metals — 18
Iron — 18
Copper — 19
Lead, Zinc And Silver — 20
Nickel — 21
Uranium — 22
Minerals — 23
Coal — 23
Business
Environment — 25
Regional Overview – Asia
Pacific — 25
Table: Asia-Pacific Business Environment
Ranking — 25
South Korea – Business Environment
Ranking — 26
Limits To Potential
Returns — 26
Risks To Realisation Of
Returns — 27
Legal Framework — 27
Table: BMI’s Legal Framework Ratings — 28
Labour
Force — 31
Table: South Korean Demographic Indicators,
2000-2030 — 32
Foreign Investment
Policy — 33
Table: South Korea’s Annual FDI Inflows,
2000-2006 — 35
Table: Asia’s FDI Inflows, 2005 &
2006 — 35
Political Risk Analysis — 35
Industry Forecast Scenario — 37
Metals Price
Outlook — 37
Aluminium — 37
Table:
BMI’s Aluminium Forecast — 37
Copper — 39
Table: BMI’s Copper
Forecast — 39
Table: Stock Levels At London Metals
Exchange Warehouses (tonnes) — 41
Global Industry
Overview — 41
Regional Analysis — 42
South Korea – Mining Industry Forecast — 44
Table:
South Korea Mining Industry Forecast — 45
Competitive
Landscape — 46
Company Monitor — 47
POSCO — 47
LS-Nikko Copper — 49
Poongsan Holdings Corporation — 50
Oriental
Minerals — 51
Appendices — 52
Appendix
A: Global Assumptions — 52
Table: Global Assumptions,
2007-2013 — 53
Table: Developed States GDP Growth,
2008-2010 — 54
Table: Emerging Markets GDP Growth,
2008-2010 — 55
Table: Commodity Prices,
2007-2010 — 56
Appendix B: Business Environment
Ratings — 57
Ratings Overview — 57
Table: Mining Business Environment Indicators — 58
Table:
Weighting Of Components — 59
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