Global Coal

Datamonitor's Coal in Global 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

Why you should buy this report

• Spot future trends and developments
• Inform your business decisions
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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.

South America comprises Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Venezuela.

The Americas comprises North and South America.

Western Europe comprises France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Eastern Europe comprises the Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, and Poland.

Europe consists of Western and Eastern Europe.

Asia-Pacific comprises Australia, China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.

The global market consists of the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.