Coal in Canada

Coal in Canada

Datamonitor's Coal in Canada industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Coal industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and/or segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry’s recent performance and future prospects

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by value and/or volume

* Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscape

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Market Definition

Coal consumption has been calculated in this report as primary coal production plus imports of coal and coke, minus exports of coal and coke minus changes in stocks of coal and coke. Secondary coal (metallurgical coke, anthracite and bituminous briquets, and lignite briquets) is not included in this report. The market has been valued at annual average minemouth prices and does not include any transportation costs. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2007 annual average exchange rates.

For the purposes of this profile, North America comprises Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7
1.1 Market Definition 7
1.2 Research Highlights 7
1.3 Market Analysis 8
CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9
CHAPTER 3 Market Volume 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation 11
CHAPTER 5 Five Forces Analysis 12
5.1 Summary 12
5.2 Buyer Power 13
5.3 Supplier Power 14
5.4 New Entrants 15
5.5 Substitutes 16
5.6 Rivalry 17
CHAPTER 6 Leading Companies 18
6.1 Fording Canadian Coal Trust 18
6.2 Western Canadian Coal Corporation 20
6.3 Hillsborough Resources 21
CHAPTER 7 Market Forecasts 22
7.1 Market Value Forecast 22
7.2 Market Volume Forecast 23
CHAPTER 8 Demographics 24
CHAPTER 9 Appendix 26
9.1 Methodology 26
9.2 Industry Associations 27
9.3 Related Datamonitor Research 27

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Canada Coal Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 9
Table 2: Canada Coal Market Volume: Short Tonnes million, 2003-2007 10
Table 3: Canada Coal Market Segmentation: % Share, by Volume, 2007 11
Table 4: Key Facts: Fording Canadian Coal Trust 18
Table 5: Key Financials: Fording Canadian Coal Trust 19
Table 6: Key Facts: Western Canadian Coal Corporation 20
Table 7: Key Facts: Hillsborough Resources 21
Table 8: Canada Coal Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 22
Table 9: Canada Coal Market Volume Forecast: Short Tonnes million, 2007-2012 23
Table 10: Canada Size of Population (million) , 2003-2007 24
Table 11: Canada GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2003-2007 24
Table 12: Canada Inflation, 2003-2007 24
Table 13: Canada Exchange Rate, 2003 25