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CMIC16 will attract more than 500 delegates from Australia and surrounding countries. All businesses in our industry, small or large, supplier or customer, are reviewing what they are currently doing and looking for improved efficiencies. In effect, they are building their productivity for the next phase of the business cycle.
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GLOBAL AGGREGATES INDUSTRY TO GROW 5 PER CENT BY 2020
The market’s predicted compound annual growth rate is 5.15 per cent from 2016 to 2020.
Posted October 17, 2016 | By Lewis Dyson • Journalist
The output of the global construction aggregates market is predicted to increase more than five per cent over the next four years, according to a market research report.
The study, Global Construction Aggregates Market – Key Trends and Opportunities to 2020 published by Timetric, concluded the global construction industry had been “relatively sluggish” since 2015, reflecting a slowdown in the pace of expansion in China and weakness in key emerging markets.
This slow rate of growth in aggregates was expected to continue into the rest of 2016; however, the report forecasted the construction industry would start gathering pace gain from next year.
The global construction aggregates market would post a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.15 per cent over the period 2016 to 2020, it predicted.
“This increase will be a result of government investment in public infrastructure and positive developments in regional and global economic conditions,” a Timetric company statement read.
Although the global value of the market fell in 2015 in nominal US dollar terms, the report found it registered a CAGR of 0.95 per cent between 2011 and 2015.
Asia-Pacific was the largest regional market for aggregates last year, accounting for 47.9 per cent of the global market. It was followed by North America and Europe with respective shares of 21.5 per cent and 18 per cent.
The statement also noted: “Improvements in the global demand for aggregates over the forecast period are in line with the positive projections for construction industry growth, with the key drivers being investment in infrastructure and residential construction in emerging economies, and anticipated recovery in regional and global economic conditions.”
The US and China
According to Timetric, the US would retain its position as the second largest market by 2020 and the prospects of the US construction industry were good due to a need to upgrade the country’s ageing infrastructure.
Despite the weakening of demand in China over the past couple of years, the country remained a “sizeable market”, accounting for 32.9 per cent of the global market in 2015.
“The infrastructure construction market will be supported by government investments under the 13th five-year plan (2016-2020), through which the government plans to invest CNY3.8 trillion ($AUD710 billion) in new rail projects and CNY1.7 trillion (AUD361 billion) in road infrastructure by 2020,” it stated.
The report’s findings about China correlate with a recent report by the Global Aggregates Information Network (GAIN) – a coalition of the major international aggregates associations across the world.
As previously reported by Quarry, GAIN noted China’s aggregates output in 2016 remains at the 2015 level of 15 billion tonnes; however, the 13th five-year economic development programme requiring major further investment in infrastructure meant the sector’s future looked bright for the next 15 to 20 years.
The GAIN report found in all the countries where it has a presence, aggregate production tonnages were either stable or increasing, which bodes well for the industry as a whole.
BC Iron sells interest in Nullagine to Fortescue
BC Iron (BCI) is selling its 75 per cent stake in the mothballed Nullagine joint venture (NJV) to Fortescue.
The project was a 75:25 joint venture between the two companies, with the mine operating for five years before operations were suspended last yeardue to low iron ore prices.
Since the suspension, BC Iron considered either restarting the operations or selling its interest;indicating that a restart was unlikely.
“Despite the identification of further operating cost savings and an improvement in iron ore prices, the Nullagine mine had remained marginal from BC Iron’s perspective and, based on projected future iron ore prices, it is unlikely that a restart of operations will become viable in the medium term under the current joint venture structure,” the company said, thus proceeding with the sale.
Fortescue will take on BCI’s liabilities and obligations, including the existing site.
“Nullagine has been a successful operation and BC Iron shareholders have extracted significant value from it over a number of years,” BCI chairman Tony Kiernan said.
“BC Iron has now concluded that the sale to Fortescue offers the best potential from a future BC Iron value and risk perspective.”
Earlier this year BCI and Watpac settled a legal dispute over funds owed after Watpac’s mining contract was terminated at Nullagine.
BCI terminated the mining contract with Watpac last year due to the continued decline of iron ore prices, with the company saying it was obligated to make a one off contract termination payment to Watpac.
Watpac later launched legal action claiming it was owed $12.5 million, with the BCI eventually providing a confidential sum to settle the case.
Commodity update for Q3 2016
Last update, we triumphantly proclaimed thatcommodities were “back”.
However, we did forget to add one important caveat, which is that they could still get hit hard in the short-term by the classic “Sell in May and Go Away”market sentiment.
In Q3, commodities as a whole entered a “summer slump”, returning -5.7% as measured by the GSCI (Goldman Sachs Commodity Index). Performance was dragged down mostly by agricultural goods such as wheat, corn, and soybeans, but also by uranium which had another poor quarter.
Despite this bump in the road, most commodities are still having big years on a YTD basis:
- Silver, crude oil, and zinc are all up over 30% on the year.
- Gold, palladium, natural gas, and nickel are all up over 20%
- Uranium is the only metal in red, down over -30%
Here’s Q3 and YTD performance for each commodity:
There’s no doubt that Q4 will be another interesting quarter for the sector.
In November, the U.S. election will take place, and pundits are warning that a certain result would cause extreme market volatility. At the same time, some experts think that this unpredictability could fuel a mega-rally in gold and other precious metals. We think both of these things are possibilities.
Meanwhile, the recent tentative OPEC deal has brought crude oil to four-month highs. However, markets are skeptical that the deal is for real, and the general sentiment seems to be that a production freeze may fail to materialize as all parties try to finalize the deal.
What are your predictions for commodities over the next three months?
Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist
Bradken board backs Hitachi takeover bid
Bradken’s board has supported a takeover bid worth $689 million from Japan’s Hitachi Construction Machinery.
The Australian Financial Review and others report that the bid is a 34 per cent premium on Bradken’s closing price of $2.43 a share. It follows interest from several private equity firms in the mining engineering company, whose shares have traded as low as 38 cents this year.
The company said it would retain Bradken’s management teams and headquarters at Newcastle.
The board’s support depends on no better bid being made and is subject to an independent expert’s report, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Hitachi makes, sells and services mining machinery, and has a market capitalisation of roughly $5.5 billion and over 20,000 employees.
Hitachi Construction Machinery buying Bradken
Bradken has agreed to a takeover bid by Japan’s Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) in a deal analysts say may indicate the worst of the mining downturn has passed. Yuichi Tsujimoto, HCM President said his company believes Bradken’s “businesses are complementary with our mining equipment services business. Both companies leveraging each other’s global network will enable us to strengthen our combined businesses and enhance our earnings.”
“Bradken’s staff have worked very hard to reposition the business for success following the downturn in mining,” said Paul Zuckermann, Bradken CEO.
Bradken describes itself as “a leading global manufacturer of differentiated consumable and capital products to international markets, supplying an extensive range of cast and fabricated products through four market focused divisions and an independently branded business.”
These five are Mining & Transport, Fixed Plant, Mineral Processing. Engineered Products and the independently branded, Cast Metal Services. Bradken is well-known for its wear parts in mineral processing and ground engaging tools.
Caterpillar launches new truck at MINExpo
Caterpillar’s newest large mining truck, the 794 AC, has made its mining debut at MINExpo 2016.
The 291-tonne capacity truck uses a combination of proven designs—a chassis design that has accumulated about 18 million operating hours and power train design that has racked up three million hours.
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FLSmidth and China’s Northern Heavy Industries sign joint venture agreement
FLSmidth and Northern Heavy Industries Group Co Ltd (NHI Group), based in Shenyang, China, have signed an agreement to enter into a joint venture – with an equal amount of shares – for the design and supply of mining equipment targeting the mid-market segment. The joint venture will be established with its own board of directors and management under the name NHI-Fuller (Shenyang) Mining Co Ltd (NHI-Fuller), which will financially report results as part of the Minerals Division in FLSmidth. Subject to obtaining regulatory approval, it is anticipated that NHI-Fuller will be operational in the first quarter of 2017.
The NHI-Fuller products will be designed for the specific needs of mid-market or capex-sensitive customers in the mining industry and will be marketed under the NHI-Fuller brand name. While the initial focus will be to supply crushing products, the goal of the joint venture will be to become the leading mid-market mining equipment supplier for other product lines as well.
“In 2014, we announced that part of our strategy in the Minerals Division was to enter the expanding mid-market for mining equipment. With the NHI Group, we have now found a perfect industrial partner for this quest,” says Group Executive Vice President of the Minerals Division in FLSmidth, Manfred Schaffer.
Online cloud platform for operational management
Schneider Electric Australia has announced updates to its Wonderware Online cloud platform for operational data management.
Wonderware Online, built on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, provides users with a solution that combines operational and information technology with security.
The platform is used to consolidate distributed data sources, contextualise that data through advanced applications, and provide enterprise wide access from anywhere on any device.
It includes the Wonderware Online Insight Connector, a productivity tool that allows users to link time-series data stored in the platform to Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Excel online to run custom formulas, perform ad hoc analysis, and create Excel-based reports and charts.
The system provides greater flexibility to access operational data, improved cybersecurity and enhanced navigation capabilities. It also provides accelerated feature updates and augmented intelligent newsfeed analytics – with pattern detection technology that highlights unusual data behaviours and alerts users of potential issues.
State government grants to help your small business: 2016
State government grants to help your small business: 2016 – SmartCompany