2008 Report on China's Non-ferrous Metal (NFM) Industry

2008 Report on China's Non-ferrous Metal (NFM) Industry

China's non-ferrous metal (NFM) industry moved to the fast-growth track in 2002. At that time, China had been number one in the world in terms of outputs of NFM for six years in a row from 2002 through 2007. In 2007, the revenue of China's entire NFM industry reached RMB1, 850bn, up by 37.29% year-on-year, with the amount of profit plus taxes of RMB200bn, up by 22.65%; the profit alone reached RMB140bn, up by 27.24%.

Table: Overall Operation of China's NFM Industry 2001-2007

After years of rapid growth, China's NFM industry has entered into a steady expansion period, as a result of: (1) The output and consumption of NFM of China account for about 30% of that world total, while China's population is only 22% of the world's, i.e. the consumption per capita has surpassed the world average. (2) The prices of energy sources keep rising, leading to the rising cost of China's NFM production, which in turn has compromised the profitability of China's companies, thus that they are less interested in rapid investment and rapid expansion. (3) China's extensive economy has led to the short supply of resources and energy sources in the country, forcing the government to issue policies for the NFM industry to change the development model which has mainly focused on expansion.

China's NFM industry will have a few of these main features in the next few years:

1. The output increase of China's NFM industry will become steady instead of rapidly increasing. It is expected that the annual rate of increase for the output would be about 10% during the country's 11th "Five-Year Plan", while consumption would decrease.

2. The production cost of China's NFM industry will keep increasing as the prices of energy sources rise and the policies on prices of energy sources keep reforming. As a result, China's companies would face formidable challenges in terms of profitability.

3. Because of the competition from outside China, the country's NFM industry would change significantly. Industrial concentration would become high. On the other hand, monopolization is entering the industry, and large groups of companies would mark the development trend of the industry in the future.

Chapter One: Overview of Global NFM Industry
1.1 Global NFM Mineral Resources
1.2 NFM Industry in World Major Countries
1.2.1 Kazakhstan
1.2.2 The United States
1.2.3 Japan
1.2.4 Other Countries
1.3 Development Trend of Global NFM Industry

Chapter Two: Overview of China's NFM Industry
2.1 Business Environment
2.2 General Development
2.2.1 Output
2.2.2 Prices
2.2.3 Economic Effectiveness
2.2.4 Projects under Construction or Plans
2.2.5 Investment as Capital Assets
2.2.6 Import & Export
2.2.7 Technology
2.2.8 Problems

Chapter Three: Operation of China's NFM Futures Market
3.1 General
3.2 Copper
3.3 Aluminum
3.4 Zinc

Chapter Four: Niche Markets of China's NFM Industry
4.1 Copper
4.1.1 Copper Ore Resources
4.1.2 Geographical Distribution of Copper Industry
4.1.3 Output
4.1.4 Industrial Concentration
4.1.5 Problems
4.1.6 Development Trend
4.2 Aluminum
4.2.1 Bauxite Resources
4.2.2 Status Quo of Aluminum Industry
4.2.3 Status Quo of Electrolytic Aluminum Industry
4.2.4 Problems
4.2.5 Development Trend
4.3 Lead & Zinc
4.3.1 Status Quo
4.3.2 Problems
4.3.3 Development Trend
4.4 Titanium
4.4.1 Status Quo
4.4.2 Development Trend
4.5 Nickel
4.5.1 Status Quo
4.5.2 Development Trend
4.6 Tungsten
4.6.1 Status Quo
4.6.2 Development Trend
4.7 Tin
4.7.1 Status Quo
4.7.2 Development Trend
4.8 Antimony
4.8.1 Status Quo
4.8.2 Development Trend
4.9 Magnesium
4.9.1 Status Quo
4.9.2 Development Trend
4.10 Gold
4.10.1 Status Quo
4.10.2 Development Trend
4.11 Other Metals
4.11.1 Rare Earth Metals
4.11.2 Molybdenum
4.11.3 Gallium
4.11.4 Germanium
4.11.5 Cobalt
4.11.6 Indium
4.11.7 Bismuth

Chapter Five: Competition Landscape in China's NFM Industry
5.1 Status Quo
5.2 Trend

Chapter Six: Development of NFM Industry in China's Major Regions
6.1 Guangxi (autonomous region)
6.2 Henan Province
6.3 Jiangxi Province
6.4 Yunnan Province
6.5 Hunan Province
6.6 Gansu Province
6.7 Xinjiang (autonomous region)

Chapter Seven: Major Companies in China's NFM Industry
7.1 Aluminum Corporation of China (CHINALCO)
7.1.1 Profile
7.1.2 Operation Performance
7.1.3 Competitiveness
7.1.4 Development Programs
7.2 Guanlv (Shanxi Province)
7.2.1 Profile
7.2.2 Operation Performance
7.2.3 Competitiveness
7.2.4 Development Programs
7.3 Jiangxi Copper Corporation
7.3.1 Profile
7.3.2 Operation Performance
7.3.3 Competitiveness
7.3.4 Development Programs
7.4 Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.
7.4.1 Profile
7.4.2 Operation Performance
7.4.3 Competitiveness
7.4.4 Development Programs
7.5 Jien Nickel
7.5.1 Profile
7.5.2 Operation Performance
7.5.3 Competitiveness
7.5.4 Development Programs
7.6 Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.
7.6.1 Profile
7.6.2 Operation Performance
7.6.3 Competitiveness
7.6.4 Development Programs
7.7 China NFM Industry's Foreign Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd.
7.7.1 Profile
7.7.2 Operation Performance
7.7.3 Competitiveness
7.7.4 Development Programs
7.8 Shenzhen Zhonggin Lingnan Nonfemet Co., Ltd.
7.8.1 Profile
7.8.2 Operation Performance
7.8.3 Competitiveness
7.8.4 Development Programs
7.9 Yunnan Tin Company Limited
7.9.1 Profile
7.9.2 Operation Performance
7.9.3 Competitiveness
7.9.4 Development Programs
7.10 Baotai
7.10.1 Profile
7.10.2 Operation Performance
7.10.3 Competitiveness
7.10.4 Development Programs
7.11 Nanjing Welbow Metals Co., Ltd.
7.11.1 Profile
7.11.2 Operation Performance
7.11.3 Competitiveness
7.11.4 Development Programs

Chapter Eight: Development of China's Metal Recycling Industry
8.1 General
8.2 Output
8.3 Trend

Chapter Nine: Investing in China's NFM Industry 2008-2010
9.1 Investment Opportunities
9.2 Risks

Chapter Ten: Outlook of China's NFM Industry
10.1 Overall Development Trend
10.2 Forecast for Consumption
10.3 Technology