Leading Investments

Summary: The US mining industry is again enjoying a period of substantial growth. Strong investments are being made and there is also a great deal of domestic potential. On the other hand, leading US mine owners are also increasingly engaging in activities abroad. ­Taking a selected number of very important mining industries as an example, this report deals with the existing relationships and discusses the current market trends.

1 Introduction

In the global mining industry in the first six months of 2011, more than 1300 company takeovers took place and transactions with a volume of US$ 71 bn were registered [1]. US-American companies were responsible for 31 % of the acquisitions and were thus considerably more active than Canadian (19 %) and Chinese (7 %) firms. Among the biggest deals were the takeover of Massey Energy by Alpha Natural Resources for US$ 8.5 bn, the takeover of Consolidated Thomson Iron Mines by Cliffs Natural Resources for US$ 4.9 bn and the purchase of International Coal by Arch Coal for US$ 3.4 bn....

Dr.-Ing. Joachim Harder
OneStone Consulting Group GmbH
Buxtehude/Deutschland

www.onestone.de


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