Introduction

Coal in the Netherlands 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 Netherlands coal market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The coal market is defined as revenues due to the sale of coal for industry and power generation. Market volumes given within this profile are for both primary (anthracite, bituminous, and lignite) and secondary (anthracite, bituminous, and lignite briquets but excluding metallurgical coke) coal consumption. 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 annual average exchange rates.

*The Dutch coal market had total revenue of $631.7 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -10.4% for the period spanning 2006-2010.

*Market consumption volumes decreased with a CARC of -1.4% between 2006 and 2010, to reach a total of 12.9 million short tons in 2010.

*The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.2% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $812.6 million by the end of 2015.

Features

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Leading company profiles reveal details of key coal market players’ global operations and financial performance

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Netherlands economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the Netherlands coal market by value in 2010?

What will be the size of the Netherlands coal market in 2015?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Netherlands coal market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

How large is the Netherlands’s coal market in relation to its regional counterparts?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2

MARKET OVERVIEW 7

Market definition 7

Research highlights 8

Market analysis 9

MARKET VALUE 10

MARKET VOLUME 11

MARKET SEGMENTATION 12

FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 13

Summary 13

Buyer power 15

Supplier power 16

New entrants 17

Substitutes 18

Rivalry 19

LEADING COMPANIES 20

Anglo American plc 20

BHP Billiton 25

Xstrata plc 30

MARKET FORECASTS 35

Market value forecast 35

Market volume forecast 36

MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 37

APPENDIX 39

Methodology 39

Industry associations 40

Related Datamonitor research 40

Disclaimer 41

ABOUT DATAMONITOR 42

Premium Reports 42

Summary Reports 42

Datamonitor consulting 42

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Netherlands coal market value: $ million, 2006–10 10

Table 2: Netherlands coal market volume: million short tons, 2006–10 11

Table 3: Netherlands coal market segmentation: % share, by value, 2010 12

Table 4: Anglo American plc: key facts 20

Table 5: Anglo American plc: key financials ($) 23

Table 6: Anglo American plc: key financial ratios 23

Table 7: BHP Billiton: key facts 25

Table 8: BHP Billiton: key financials ($) 28

Table 9: BHP Billiton: key financial ratios 28

Table 10: Xstrata plc: key facts 30

Table 11: Xstrata plc: key financials ($) 33

Table 12: Xstrata plc: key financial ratios 33

Table 13: Netherlands coal market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 35

Table 14: Netherlands coal market volume forecast: million short tons, 2010–15 36

Table 15: Netherlands size of population (million), 2006–10 37

Table 16: Netherlands gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 37

Table 17: Netherlands gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 37

Table 18: Netherlands inflation, 2006–10 38

Table 19: Netherlands consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 38

Table 20: Netherlands exchange rate, 2006–10 38

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Netherlands coal market value: $ million, 2006–10 10

Figure 2: Netherlands coal market volume: million short tons, 2006–10 11

Figure 3: Netherlands coal market segmentation: % share, by value, 2010 12

Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the coal market in the Netherlands, 2010 13

Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the coal market in the Netherlands, 2010 15

Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the coal market in the Netherlands, 2010 16

Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the coal market in the Netherlands, 2010 17

Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the coal market in the Netherlands, 2010 18

Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the coal market in the Netherlands, 2010 19

Figure 10: Anglo American plc: revenues & profitability 24

Figure 11: Anglo American plc: assets & liabilities 24

Figure 12: BHP Billiton: revenues & profitability 29

Figure 13: BHP Billiton: assets & liabilities 29

Figure 14: Xstrata plc: revenues & profitability 34

Figure 15: Xstrata plc: assets & liabilities 34

Figure 16: Netherlands coal market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 35

Figure 17: Netherlands coal market volume forecast: million short tons, 2010–15 36