Marktanalyse - Platinum-group Metals in the United States

Introduction

Platinum-group Metals in the United States industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2006-10, and forecast to 2015). 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 platinum-group metals market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The platinum-group metals industry includes platinum, palladium and rhodium. The market is valued using total annual mining production volumes and annual average London Metal Exchange (LME) prices for each metal. All currency conversions in this profile were calculated using 2010 average exchange rates.

*The US platinum group metals industry had total revenues of $384.2 million in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.7% for the period spanning 2006-2010.

*Industry production volumes decreased with a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -5.2% between 2006 and 2010, to reach a total of 14.9 thousand metric ton in 2010.

*The performance of the industry is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 10.4% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the industry to a value of $537.9 million by the end of 2015.

Features

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

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the United States platinum-group metals market by value in 2010?

What will be the size of the United States platinum-group metals market in 2015?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the United States platinum-group metals market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up the United States' platinum-group metals market?

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2

MARKET OVERVIEW 7

Market definition 7

Research highlights 8

Market analysis 9

MARKET VALUE 10

MARKET VOLUME 11

MARKET SEGMENTATION I 12

MARKET SEGMENTATION II 13

FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 14

Summary 14

Buyer power 16

Supplier power 17

New entrants 18

Substitutes 20

Rivalry 21

LEADING COMPANIES 22

Impala Platinum Holdings 22

Sipi Metals Corporation 26

Stillwater Mining Company 27

MARKET FORECASTS 30

Market value forecast 30

Market volume forecast 31

MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 32



APPENDIX 34

Methodology 34

Industry associations 35

Related Datamonitor research 35

Disclaimer 36

ABOUT DATAMONITOR 37

Premium Reports 37

Summary Reports 37

Datamonitor consulting 37



LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: United States platinum-group metals industry value: $ million, 2006—10 10

Table 2: United States platinum—group metals industry volume: thousand metric tons, 2006—10 11

Table 3: United States platinum-group metals industry segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 12

Table 4: United States platinum-group metals industry segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 13

Table 5: Impala Platinum Holdings: key facts 22

Table 6: Impala Platinum Holdings: key financials ($) 24

Table 7: Impala Platinum Holdings: key financials (ZAR) 24

Table 8: Impala Platinum Holdings: key financial ratios 24

Table 9: Sipi Metals Corporation: key facts 26

Table 10: Stillwater Mining Company: key facts 27

Table 11: Stillwater Mining Company: key financials ($) 28

Table 12: Stillwater Mining Company: key financial ratios 28

Table 13: United States platinum-group metals industry value forecast: $ million, 2010—15 30

Table 14: United States platinum—group metals industry volume forecast: thousand metric tons, 2010—15 31

Table 15: United States size of population (million), 2006—10 32

Table 16: United States gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006—10 32

Table 17: United States gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006—10 32

Table 18: United States inflation, 2006—10 33

Table 19: United States consumer price index (absolute), 2006—10 33

Table 20: United States exchange rate, 2006—10 33



LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: United States platinum-group metals industry value: $ million, 2006—10 10

Figure 2: United States platinum—group metals industry volume: thousand metric tons, 2006—10 11

Figure 3: United States platinum-group metals industry segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 12

Figure 4: United States platinum-group metals industry segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 13

Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the platinum-group metals industry in the United States, 2010 14

Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the platinum-group metals industry in the United States, 2010 16

Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the platinum-group metals industry in the United States, 2010 17

Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the platinum-group metals industry in the United States, 2010 18

Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the platinum-group metals industry in the United States, 2010 20

Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the platinum-group metals industry in the United States, 2010 21

Figure 11: Impala Platinum Holdings: revenues & profitability 25

Figure 12: Impala Platinum Holdings: assets & liabilities 25

Figure 13: Stillwater Mining Company: revenues & profitability 29

Figure 14: Stillwater Mining Company: assets & liabilities 29

Figure 15: United States platinum-group metals industry value forecast: $ million, 2010—15 30

Figure 16: United States platinum—group metals industry volume forecast: thousand metric tons, 2010—15 31

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