High Performance Alloys - Global Market Opportunities

High Performance Alloys - Global Market Opportunities published by BizAcumen, Inc. in November, 2009. This report consists of Pages: 549 and the price starts from US $ 2995.

Introduction

Abstract

The need for superior performance, efficiency, and durability in products, ranging from golf equipments to sophisticated high-tech, supersonic jet engines and spacecrafts, is fashioning a strong demand for high-grade, super-tensile, high performance alloys. Industries like transportation, consumer appliances, leisure, and industrial manufacturing, are generating increased demand for high performance alloys. The shifting focus of energy generation from coal-fired power stations to gas turbine generators is wielding a multiplier effect on market opportunities. For instance, energy deregulation induced development of infrastructure for gas turbine industrial plants, which is presently underway, is directly translating into demand for customized high performance alloys with specifically optimized mechanical properties.

In addition to the transportation industry, lightweight alloys have recently begun making rather rapid inroads into the domestic appliance market, given the growing trend of miniaturization in consumer products such as mobile phones and vacuum cleaners. In the transportation industry, demand for lighter vehicles, and automotive components with high stress threshold, are nurturing overall consumption of high performance alloys. Stringent environmental regulations, and the quest for a cleaner environment, together are accelerating the demand for advanced alloys used in the construction of both gas turbines and automotive vehicles. All of these factors, among several others, lay down strong fundamentals for future market growth and sustenance.

These and other market data and trends are presented in "High Performance Alloys: Global Market Opportunities" by BizAcumen, Inc. Our reports are designed to be most comprehensive in geographic coverage and vertical market analyses.

Table of Contents

1. METHODOLOGY 1

• Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations 1
• Disclaimers 2
• Quantitative Techniques & Reporting Level 3

2. GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW 4

• Global Market Outlook & Analysis 4
  • Diverse Market with Varied Applications 4
• Industry Snapshots 4
  • High Performance Alloys - Significance 4
  • Nonferrous Alloys: Largest High Performance Alloy Segment 5
  • Development of HPA for Gas Turbine Optimizes Mechanical Properties 5
  • Escalating Demand from Domestic and Leisure Applications 5
  • Lightweight Alloys in Demand for Domestic Appliances 6
• Factors Influencing the Market 6
  • Quest for Enhanced Performance and Durability 6
  • Improving Production Techniques 6
  • Bubbling Demand for Lightweight Alloys in Transportation Sector 6
  • Developments Galore 7
• Industry Issues 7
  • Recycling - An Industry Norm 7
  • Global Economy Issues 7
    • Changing Face of Power Generation 7
    • Deregulation Ploughs in the Potential 8
    • Pursuit for a Cleaner Globe 8
  • IP and Patent Issues 8
  • Regulatory Issues 8
  • Production Technology & Efficiency Improvements 9
  • High Industry Standards 9
  • Suppliers Have the Upper Hand 9
  • Distribution 9
  • User Guidelines 10

3. MARKET & TECHNOLOGY TRENDS 10

• Positive Revival Signs in the Aluminum Industry 10
  • Global Tantalum Demand to Increase in Near Future 11
    • Zirconium Dioxide Use to Grow by a Satisfactory Margin 11
  • Molybdenum Demand Continues to Escalate... 11
• Growing Interest in Metal Alloy Substitutes 11
• Industry Consolidations Change Competitive Scenario 11
• Metal Honeycomb Catalyst Support Grows Popular 12
• Dynamic Changes in End Use Applications 12
• Growing Need for Corrosion Resistant Alloys 13
• Capacity Expansions & Investments - Order of the Day 14
• Magnesium 14
  • Cheaper Chinese and CIS Imports Wreak Havoc on Western Magnesium Producers 14
  • Recycling Trend 14
  • Improvement in Secondary Magnesium Market 15
    • Magnesium Prices Likely to Spiral 15
    • Possibility of Sustained, Healthy Growth 15
• Molybdenum 16
  • Molybdenum Demand Continues to Escalate... 16
  • Production Cuts - The Realistic Solution to Oversupply Conditions 16
• Tungsten 16
  • China Creates Uncertainty in the Global Tungsten Market 16

4. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE & COMPETITIVE SCENARIO 17

• Industry Structure 17
  • Non-Ferrous Alloy Industry 17
    • Aluminum 17
• Magnesium and Titanium 18
• Refractory Metals Industry 18
• Platinum Group Metals Industry 19
  • Platinum 19
• Super alloys Industry 20
  • Nickel Market to Register Price Erosion 20
• Competitive Scenario 20
  • Non-ferrous Alloys 20
  • Platinum Group Metals 21
  • Super alloys and Special Alloys 21

5. PRODUCT FACTS 21

• Non-Ferrous Alloys 22
• Refractory Metal Alloys 22
• Platinum Group Metals (PGM) 22
• Special Alloys & Superalloys 22

6. PRODUCTION OVERVIEW 23

• Aluminum 23
• Magnesium 24
• Titanium 24
• Zirconium 25
• Refractory Metals Alloys 26
  • Molybdenum 26
  • Tungsten 26
  • Niobium (or) Columbium 26
  • Tantalum 26
    • Mine Production - Global Review 26
• Platinum Group Metals 27
  • PGM - Increasing Levels of Oversupply 27
• Super alloys 28
  • Niobium 28
  • Nickel - Production Scenario 28

7. END-USE APPLICATIONS 30

• Transportation Applications 30
  • Aerospace Industry 30
  • Aircraft Industry 30
  • Shipbuilding Industry 31
  • Passenger Vehicles 31
• Industrial Applications 31
  • Chemical Processing Industry 31
  • Glass Making Industry 32
  • Other Industrial Applications 32
• Power Generation & Supply 32
  • Nuclear Power Generation Industry 32
• Medical Applications 33
• Domestic and Leisure Applications 33
• Military Applications 33

8. APPLICATION TRENDS BY ALLOY TYPE 34

• Non-Ferrous Alloys 34
  • Technological Improvements Bring in New Applications 34
    • Use of Aluminum as Remelt Increases at Higher Rates 34
    • Aluminum Casting Alloys 34
    • Magnesium Containing Aluminum Alloys Used in Three Principal Industries 34
    • Magnesium Alloys in for Greater Usage 35
    • Titanium Sees Potential in Aircraft and Leisure Uses 35
    • Titanium & Titanium Alloys - Not Restricted to Aerospace Any More 35
    • Zirconium Consumption 36
    • Commercialization of SOFC and Nanotechnology to Boost Zirconium Demand 36
• Refractory Metal Alloys 37
  • Applications of Tantalum in Alloys 37
  • Electronic and Other Uses of Tantalum 38
  • Tantalum Demand Tied to the Fate of Electronics and Aerospace Industries 38
  • Other Applications of Tantalum Rekindle Potential 38
    • Tantalum - A Basic Component in Polycrystalline Alloys 39
    • Tantalum is a Vital Component in Nickel Based Super alloys 39
    • Alloy Additive 39
    • Niobium-based Alloys 39
    • Niobium Nibbles at The Tantalum Market 40
• Platinum Group Metals 40
  • Automotive Industry Drives Platinum Demand 40
  • Catalytic Converters Fuels Platinum Consumption 41
  • Platinum Dazzling in Jewelry Sector 42
  • Platinum in Fuel Cells 42
  • High Cost of Platinum Seen Delaying Fuel-Cell Use 43
• Soaring Prices Dwindle Demand for Palladium 43
  • Autocatalyst -The Key End-Use Segment of Rhodium 44
  • Demand for Ruthenium in Automotive Industry 45
    • Demand for Ruthenium Plunges 45
  • Iridium Witnesses Demand Slide 45
• Super alloys and Specialty Alloys 46
  • Across the Board Demand Growth for Super alloys 46
  • Power Sector Spurs Potential for Highly Alloyed Cast Nickel-Based Super alloys 46

9. CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS 47

• Alcoa to Acquire Stakes in Rio Tinto 47
• ThyssenKrupp Relocates Nickel Alloy Wire Facility 47
• Olin Corp Sells Nonferrous Metals Business 47
• Yutong and Alcoa Enters Partnership 48
• Dingsheng Aluminium and Alcan to Set up Joint Venture 48
• Alcan Builds Aluminum Alloy Facility in Tianjin 48
• ThyssenKrupp VDM USA Merges with Sister Company 48
• Allegheny Technologies to Expand Capacities 48
• Alcoa Sells Chalco' s Stake 49
• Alcoa Opens Flat-Rolled Products Facility in China 49
• Rio Tinto Acquires Alcan 49
• Allegheny Plans to Raise Production Capacity at its Washington Facility 49
• Allegheny Technologies Signs Supply Agreement with Boeing 49
• ATI Inks Supply Agreement with General Electric Aviation 50
• ATI to Increase Nickel Based Super-Alloy and Premium Titanium Production 50
• RUSAL Acquires Majority Stake in Nigeria' s Aluminium Smelter Company 50
• EC Approves Merger of RUSAL, Glencore, and SUAL Group 50

10. MAJOR PLAYERS 51

• African Rainbow Minerals Limited (South Africa) 51
• Alcoa Inc (US) 51
  • Alcoa Howmet Castings (US) 51
• Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (US) 52
  • Allvac Incorporated (US) 52
• Advanced Magnesium Limited (Australia) 52
• Carpenter Technology Corporation (US) 52
• BASF Catalysts LLC (US) 53
• Eramet Group (France) 53
• Haynes International Inc (US) 53
• H.C. Starck GmbH (Germany) 54
• High Performance Alloys Inc (US) 54
• Magnesium Elektron Incorporated (UK) 54
• Olin Brass (US) 54
• Rio Tinto Alcan (Canada) 55
• Rolled Alloys Inc (US) 55
• United Company RUSAL (Russia) 55
• Special Metals Corporation (US) 56
• ThyssenKrupp VDM GmbH (Germany) 56
• Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET) (US) 56
• W.C. Heraeus GmbH & Co KG (Germany) 56

11. GLOBAL MARKET ANALYTICS 57

12. THE UNITED STATES 76

• Industry Trends 76
  • Crisis Hits Secondary Aluminum Alloys Market 76
  • Columbium Uses in the US 76
  • Molybdenum Production & Consumption Trends 76
  • Defense and Commercial Aircraft Corner Lion' s Share of Titanium Demand 77
  • Demand for Titanium and Nickel Alloys Tied to Aerospace and Power Sectors 77
  • High-Performance Titanium and Nickel Alloys Activities Move Overseas 78
  • Aerospace and Energy Markets - The Major Superalloys Consumers 78
  • Superalloys Demand Susceptible to Turbulences in End-User Industries 78
  • Maintains Consistent Growth Amidst Challenges 79
  • Aerospace Still Holds the Key 79
  • Non-Aerospace Uses Expand 79
  • Connector Industry Springs Potential for High Performance Alloys 80
• End Use Application Markets 81
  • Aluminum 81
    • From Alumina to Automobiles 81
  • Titanium Alloys - End Use Trends 81
    • Titanium Doldrums Likely to Fall Behind Aerospace 82
  • Magnesium Alloys 82
    • Automakers Look Anew at Magnesium Alloys 82
• Base Market Scan 83
  • Aluminum 83
    • Growing Demand for Aluminum Exports 83
    • Factors Influencing the Industry 83
      • Trading 83
      • Energy 83
      • Environment and Climate Change 83
    • Recycling 83
  • Technology 84
    • Key Aluminum Producers 85

13. CANADA 90

• Industry Review 90
  • Aluminum 90
• Aluminum Casting, Rolling and Extruding in Canada - Industry Scenario 90
  • Industry Classification 90
  • Products Profile 91
  • Industry Characteristics 91
  • Innovation and Technology 91
• Challenges in the Aluminum Industry 91

14. JAPAN 94

• Industry Trends 94
  • Magnesium 94
    • Magnesium Recycling - The Trend of the Future 94
    • Thixo-Casting Process Heightens Demand for Magnesium 94
      • Scrap Recycling Picks up Momentum 94
    • Magnesium Ups Demand in Automotive and Electronics Sector 95
  • Platinum Group Metals 96
    • Japan - The Largest PGM Importer 96
    • Platinum 96
    • Palladium 96

15. EUROPE 98

• a. France 112
• b. Germany 114
• c. Italy 116
• d. The United Kingdom 117
• e. Spain 119
• f. Russia 120
• g. Rest of Europe 124

16. ASIA-PACIFIC 125

• Platinum Group Metals 125
  • End Use Application Trends 125
• Australia 126
  • An Overview of Aluminum Market 126
  • Australia - An Emerging Magnesium Producer 127
• China 127
  • Industry Trends 127
    • Aluminum 127
      • China - The Emerging Leader 127
      • Problems Galore 127
      • Taxation Regime Dents Exports 128
      • Prices Look Up 128
      • Production and Consumption Compete Head On 128
      • Consolidation Picks Up Momentum 129
      • Outlook 129
    • Magnesium 130
      • China - Dominates the Global Magnesium Industry 130
      • China Better Off with Thermal Reduction Process 130
      • Foreign Investors Show Interest in China' s Ningxia 131
    • Titanium 131
      • Titanium Demand in China Burgeoning 131
    • Molybdenum 131
      • China - the Second Largest Mo Producer 131
    • Tungsten 131
      • Regulatory Authority for Tungsten in China 132
    • Nickel 132
    • Platinum 133
• Taiwan 133
  • Magnesium Alloy 133
    • Magnesium Alloy Production Bolstered by Spiraling Demand for Notebooks 133
    • Taiwan to Emerge as Largest Magnesium Alloy Market 134
    • Taiwan to Replace Japan in Magnesium Alloy Usage for Handset 134
    • Competitive Landscape 134
      • A Comparison of Leading Players in Taiwanese Magnesium Alloy Products Market 134
• India 135
  • Aluminum 135
    • An Overview 135
    • Industry Background 135
    • Bauxite Available Aplenty 135
    • Industry Structure 136
      • Manufacturing and Technical Process 137
    • Raw Material Review 137
    • Competitive Analysis 138
    • Key Challenges 138
      • Growth in Industrial Production / User Industries 138
      • Power Availability 138
      • Duty Structure 139
      • Outlook 139
  • Magnesium 139

17. MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA 140

• South Africa 140
  • Platinum Production Scales New Heights 140
  • Leading Platinum Producing Companies in South Africa 141

18. LATIN AMERICA 142

• An Overview of Brazilian Aluminum Market 142

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