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Primary Metals Manufacturing
First Research, April 2012, Pages: 10
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Executive Summary
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter:
The US primary metals industry includes about 3,500 companies with combined annual sales of about $250 billion. Large companies include Nucor and US Steel (steel); Alcoa (aluminum); and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold. The US industry is concentrated: the 50 largest companies generate more than 60 percent of revenue.
The global primary metals manufacturing industry generates annual revenue of more than $3 trillion. Major companies based outside the US include steel makers ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg); Baosteel (China); Nippon Steel and JFE (Japan); POSCO (South Korea), and Tata Steel (India), as well as aluminum producers Rusal (Russia) and Rio Tinto Alcan (Canada).
The industry includes companies engaged in smelting and/or refining ferrous and nonferrous metals, such as iron and steel mills, rolled steel shape manufacturers, aluminum producers, and copper foundries. Metal ore mining and fabricated metal parts manufacturing are covered in separate industry profiles.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Demand comes largely from the manufacturers of durable goods like motor vehicles, machinery, containers, and construction steel. The profitability of individual companies depends largely on efficient operations, because most products are commodities sold based on price. Big companies have large economies of scale in production. Accordingly, most producers of secondary products buy raw metal from the large producers. Small companies can compete by operating efficient local mini-mills or producing specialty products. The industry is capital-intensive: average annual revenue per worker is about $640,000.
Imports of primary metals make up about half of the US market. Canada, Mexico,...
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