Coal in Germany

Coal in Germany

Datamonitor's Coal in Germany 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 purpose of this report, Western Europe comprises France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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 17
5.6 Rivalry 18
CHAPTER 6 Leading Companies 19
6.1 RAG Aktiengesellschaft 19
6.2 RWE AG 21
6.3 BHP Billiton 24
CHAPTER 7 Market Forecasts 27
7.1 Market Value Forecast 27
7.2 Market Volume Forecast 28
CHAPTER 8 Demographics 29
CHAPTER 9 Appendix 31
9.1 Methodology 31
9.2 Industry Associations 32
9.3 Related Datamonitor Research 32

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Germany Coal Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 9
Table 2: Germany Coal Market Volume: Short Tonnes million, 2003-2007 10
Table 3: Germany Coal Market Segmentation: % Share, by Volume, 2007 11
Table 4: Key Facts: RAG Aktiengesellschaft 19
Table 5: Key Facts: RWE AG 21
Table 6: Key Financials: RWE AG 23
Table 7: Key Facts: BHP Billiton 24
Table 8: Key Financials: BHP Billiton 26
Table 9: Germany Coal Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 27
Table 10: Germany Coal Market Volume Forecast: Short Tonnes million, 2007-2012 28
Table 11: Germany Size of Population (million) , 2003-2007 29
Table 12: Germany GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2003-2007 29
Table 13: Germany Inflation, 2003-2007 29
Table 14: Germany Exchange Rate, 2003 30