“Metals & Mining - North America (NAFTA) Industry Guide”

The Metals & Mining - North America (NAFTA) Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Metals & Mining industry in each of the North American Free Trade Agreement (United States, Canada, and Mexico) countries. The report includes easily comparable data on market value, volume, segmentation and market share, plus full five year market forecasts. It examines future problems, innovations and potential growth areas within the market.

Scope of the Report:

• Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation
• Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies
• Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards
• Compares data from the US, Canada and Mexico, alongside individual chapters on each country.
• Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights:

• The NAFTA Metals & Mining market reaches a value of $232.5 billion in 2008.
• The US is the leading country among the NAFTA bloc, with market revenues of $161.1 billion in 2008
• Canada was the fastest growing country, with a CAGR of 17% over the 2004-2008 period.

Why you should buy this report:

• Spot future trends and developments
• Inform your business decisions
• Add weight to presentations and marketing materials
• Save time carrying out entry-level research

The metals and mining industry consists of the aluminum, iron & steel, precious metals & minerals, coal and base metal markets. In the aluminum market, only production of primary aluminum is considered. Recycled aluminum is not included within this report. The market is valued at manufacturer's selling price (MSP). The base metals market consists of lead, zinc, copper, nickel and tin. The market has been valued as total primary metal production at annual average prices.

The coal market consists of just primary coal (anthracite, bituminous and lignite). Secondary coal (metallurgical coke, anthracite and bituminous briquets, and lignite briquets) is not included in this report. The market has been valued as total mine production at annual average minemouth prices and does not include any transportation costs.

The iron & steel market consists of the production of crude steel, blast furnace (pig) iron and direct reduced iron. Market values have been calculated using annual average steel and iron prices. The precious metals & minerals market includes gold, silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium and industrial and gem-quality diamonds. The market is valued using total annual mining production volumes and annual average prices.

Key Topics Covered:

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Nafta Countries Metals & Mining Industry Outlook

Chapter 3 Metals & Mining In The United States

Chapter 4 Metals & Mining In Mexico

Chapter 5 Metals & Mining In Canada

Chapter 6 Appendix

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a886cc/metals_mining

Source: Datamonitor