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Metal and Mineral Wholesaling in Australia: Market Research Report

Market Research • Market Size • Industry Statistics • Industry Analysis • Industry Trends

Metal and Mineral Wholesaling Market Research Report | ANZSIC F3322 | Apr 2013

Spanner in the works: Wholesale bypass limits the industry's revenue growth potential

IBISWorld’s Metal and Mineral Wholesaling market research report is a comprehensive guide to market size and growth prospects. Our industry reports offer strategic industry analysis of the factors influencing companies, including new product developments, economic, lifestyle and demographic influences, distribution and supply chain factors and pricing issues. Full analysis accompanies our data forecasts to illustrate how the market responds to emerging industry trends.

Report Snapshot
Market Share of Companies
There are no companies with a dominant market share
Industry Statistics & Market Size
Revenue
$31bn
Annual Growth 08-13
4.1%
Annual Growth 13-18
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Profit
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Employment
12,133
Businesses
1,212
Industry Analysis & Industry Trends

Although the Metal and Mineral Wholesaling industry has experienced challenges over the past five years, not least the global financial crisis, it has been a beneficiary of the mining investment boom. Demand from engineering construction for basic metal products (such as structural sections) has been particularly strong, reflecting investment in resource projects and associated infrastructure. Firms supplying other sectors, including automotive manufacturers and the residential housing market fared less well.

Industry revenue is estimated to have grown by 4.1% per year over the five years through 2012-13, driven by the strength of the mining investment boom. Growth would likely have been even stronger, but for the ongoing trend of wholesale bypass... purchase to read more

Industry Report - Industry SWOT Analysis Chapter

The Metal and Mineral Wholesaling industry is mature. The industry's contribution to the economy is expected to grow by 1.3% per year over the decade through 2017-18, compared with GDP growth of about 2.4% per year.

The industry primarily serves smaller firms (both buyers and sellers of metals or minerals). Larger metal and mineral producers tend to deal directly with metals and minerals processors, skipping the wholesaler. Although further consolidation is likely to occur in upstream and downstream industries, reducing the role of the wholesaler, the pace of that change is expected to slow; all the easy gains from wholesale bypass have already been won... purchase to read more

 


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What is the Metal and Mineral Wholesaling Industry?

This industry comprises firms that wholesale a range of mineral and metal products. Key items include coal and coke, pig iron, ingot steel and semi-fabricated products of iron or steel (sheet, strip, bars, rods, sections, structural steel or tubes). Firms may also wholesale metal waste or scrap.

Industry Products
Iron and steelNon-ferrous metalsCoalOre
 
Industry Activities
Non-ferrous metal wholesalingCoal wholesalingMetallic ores wholesalingIron and steel wholesaling


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