Introduction

Global Coal 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 global 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 global coal market had total revenue of $467.6 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.9% for the period spanning 2006-2010.

*Market consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 5.4% between 2006 and 2010, to reach a total of 7.9 billion short tons in 2010.

*The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 14.4% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $917.8 billion by the end of 2015.

Features

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Key Questions Answered

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

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

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

How has the market performed over the last five years?

How has the market performed in volume terms over the last five years?

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
BHP Billiton 20
Rio Tinto 25
Vale S.A 29
MARKET FORECASTS 35
Market value forecast 35
Market volume forecast 36
APPENDIX 37
Methodology 37
Industry associations 38
Related Datamonitor research 38
Disclaimer 39

ABOUT DATAMONITOR 40
Premium Reports 40
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Global coal market value: $ billion, 2006–10 10
Table 2: Global coal market volume: billion short tons, 2006–10 11
Table 3: Global coal market segmentation: % share, by value, 2010 12
Table 4: BHP Billiton: key facts 20
Table 5: BHP Billiton: key financials ($) 23
Table 6: BHP Billiton: key financial ratios 23
Table 7: Rio Tinto: key facts 25
Table 8: Rio Tinto: key financials ($) 27
Table 9: Rio Tinto: key financial ratios 27
Table 10: Vale S.A: key facts 29
Table 11: Vale S.A: key financials ($) 33
Table 12: Vale S.A: key financials (BRL) 33
Table 13: Vale S.A: key financial ratios 33
Table 14: Global coal market value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 35
Table 15: Global coal market volume forecast: billion short tons, 2010–15 36

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Global coal market value: $ billion, 2006–10 10
Figure 2: Global coal market volume: billion short tons, 2006–10 11
Figure 3: Global coal market segmentation: % share, by value, 2010 12
Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the global coal market, 2010 13
Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the global coal market, 2010 15
Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the global coal market, 2010 16
Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the global coal market, 2010 17
Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the global coal market, 2010 18
Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the global coal market, 2010 19
Figure 10: BHP Billiton: revenues & profitability 24
Figure 11: BHP Billiton: assets & liabilities 24
Figure 12: Rio Tinto: revenues & profitability 28
Figure 13: Rio Tinto: assets & liabilities 28
Figure 14: Vale S.A: revenues & profitability 34
Figure 15: Vale S.A: assets & liabilities 34
Figure 16: Global coal market value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 35
Figure 17: Global coal market volume forecast: billion short tons, 2010–15 36