Marktanalyse - Base Metals in the United States

Introduction

Base Metals in the United States industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2007-11, and forecast to 2016). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the United States base metals market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The base metals market consists of lead, zinc, copper, nickel, and tin.

*The US base metals industry had total revenue of $12.4 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.7% between 2007 and 2011.

*Industry production volumes decreased with a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -2% between 2007-2011, to reach a total of 2,225 thousand metric tons in 2011.

*The performance of the industry is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 9.2% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the industry to a value of $19.3 billion by the end of 2016.

Features

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Leading company profiles reveal details of key base metals market players’ global operations and financial performance

Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the United States base metals market with five year forecasts by both value and volume

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the United States economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the United States base metals market by value in 2011?

What will be the size of the United States base metals market in 2016?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the United States base metals market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up the United States's base metals market?

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary 2

Market value 2

Market value forecast 2

Market volume 2

Market volume forecast 2

Category segmentation 2

Geography segmentation 2

Market rivalry 2

Market Overview 7

Market definition 7

Market analysis 7

Market Data 8

Market value 8

Market volume 9

Market Segmentation 10

Category segmentation 10

Geography segmentation 11

Market Outlook 12

Market value forecast 12

Market volume forecast 13

Five Forces Analysis 14

Summary 14

Buyer power 15

Supplier power 16

New entrants 17

Threat of substitutes 18

Degree of rivalry 19

Leading Companies 20

Rio Tinto 20

Nyrstar NV 23

Teck Resources Limited 26

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. 29

Macroeconomic Indicators 33

Country Data 33

Appendix 35

Methodology 35

Industry associations 36

Related MarketLine research 36



LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: United States base metals market value: $ million, 2007—11 8

Table 2: United States base metals market volume: thousand metric tons, 2007—11 9

Table 3: United States base metals market category segmentation: $ million, 2011 10

Table 4: United States base metals market geography segmentation: $ million, 2011 11

Table 5: United States base metals market value forecast: $ million, 2011—16 12

Table 6: United States base metals market volume forecast: thousand metric tons, 2011—16 13

Table 7: Rio Tinto: key facts 20

Table 8: Rio Tinto: key financials ($) 21

Table 9: Rio Tinto: key financial ratios 21

Table 10: Nyrstar NV: key facts 23

Table 11: Nyrstar NV: key financials ($) 23

Table 12: Nyrstar NV: key financials (€) 24

Table 13: Nyrstar NV: key financial ratios 24

Table 14: Teck Resources Limited: key facts 26

Table 15: Teck Resources Limited: key financials ($) 27

Table 16: Teck Resources Limited: key financials (C$) 27

Table 17: Teck Resources Limited: key financial ratios 27

Table 18: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.: key facts 29

Table 19: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.: key financials ($) 31

Table 20: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.: key financial ratios 31

Table 21: United States size of population (million), 2007—11 33

Table 22: United States gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2007—11 33

Table 23: United States gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2007—11 33

Table 24: United States inflation, 2007—11 34

Table 25: United States consumer price index (absolute), 2007—11 34

Table 26: United States exchange rate, 2007—11 34



LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: United States base metals market value: $ million, 2007—11 8

Figure 2: United States base metals market volume: thousand metric tons, 2007—11 9

Figure 3: United States base metals market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2011 10

Figure 4: United States base metals market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2011 11

Figure 5: United States base metals market value forecast: $ million, 2011—16 12

Figure 6: United States base metals market volume forecast: thousand metric tons, 2011—16 13

Figure 7: Forces driving competition in the base metals market in the United States, 2011 14

Figure 8: Drivers of buyer power in the base metals market in the United States, 2011 15

Figure 9: Drivers of supplier power in the base metals market in the United States, 2011 16

Figure 10: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the base metals market in the United States, 2011 17

Figure 11: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the base metals market in the United States, 2011 18

Figure 12: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the base metals market in the United States, 2011 19

Figure 13: Rio Tinto: revenues & profitability 22

Figure 14: Rio Tinto: assets & liabilities 22

Figure 15: Nyrstar NV: revenues & profitability 24

Figure 16: Nyrstar NV: assets & liabilities 25

Figure 17: Teck Resources Limited: revenues & profitability 28

Figure 18: Teck Resources Limited: assets & liabilities 28

Figure 19: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.: revenues & profitability 32

Figure 20: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.: assets & liabilities 32

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