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Global sales of mining machinery to reach $135bn

Global demand for mining machinery is forecast to expand 8.6%year through 2017 to US$135 billion (€100 billion) despite some sales weakness in the short term. Freedonia Group analyst Matt Raskind, said: “Gains will be spurred by voracious demand for mined materials in China, India, and other developing nations as industrial output increases.” Rapid gains in mining equipment demand will occur in large developing markets such as Brazil, China, and India, with China being the largest purchaser. These an
January 22, 2014 Read time: 3 mins

Global demand for mining machinery is forecast to expand 8.6%year through 2017 to US$135 billion (€100 billion) despite some sales weakness in the short term.

969 Freedonia Group analyst Matt Raskind, said: “Gains will be spurred by voracious demand for mined materials in China, India, and other developing nations as industrial output increases.”

Rapid gains in mining equipment demand will occur in large developing markets such as Brazil, China, and India, with China being the largest purchaser.  These and other trends are presented in World Mining Equipment, a new study from The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland, USA-based industry market research company.

While metals account for a smaller share of mine output than minerals and coal in volume terms, machinery used in metals mining represents the largest segment of the global market. This is due to the large amount of ore that typically must be removed per tonne of primary metal product output.  Demand for metals mining equipment will also rise at the most rapid pace through 2017, stimulated by steel and aluminum production.  An expansion in construction spending and agricultural output as the global population continues to increase will boost consumption of construction aggregates and fertilizer minerals such as phosphate rock, as well as sales of related equipment.  

“The greatest sales growth through 2017 will occur in the large Asia/Pacific region, fuelled by substantial investments in new mine production capacity in several nations,” says Raskind.

Strong gains will also be recorded in South America, as mining companies look to develop the region’s sizable deposits of bauxite, copper, and iron ore.

The dissipation of copper oversupply issues that existed in 2012 and 2013 will allow prices to recover and boost associated mining equipment demand in areas rich in copper, such as Chile and Peru.

The Africa/Mideast region will post the next fastest advances, followed by Eastern and Western Europe, and North America.  In developed areas, a recovery in construction spending and manufacturing output will boost demand for nearly all types of mined materials, although an increased emphasis on environmentally friendly sources of electricity will dampen thermal coal output.

WORLD MINING EQUIPMENT DEMAND (million dollars)
 Item  2007  2012  2017  2007 - 2012  2012 - 2017
 Mining Equipment Demand  48'050  89'500  135'000  13.2%  8.6%
 North America  9'830  13'700  16'950  6.9%  4.3%
 Western Europe  6'555  5'575  7'300  -3.2%  5.5%
 Asia/Pacific  200'000  54'750  88'600  22.3%  10.1%
 Central & South America  3'960  6'645  10'150  10.9%  8.8%
 Eastern Europe  4'000  4'200  5'480  1.0%  5.5%
 Africa/Mideast  3'705  4'630  6'520  4.6%  7.1%

© 2014 by The Freedonia Group, Inc.

World Mining Equipment (published 01/2014, 524 pages) is available for $6,300 from The Freedonia Group, Inc.  For further details or to arrange an interview with the analyst, please contact Corinne Gangloff by Tel: +1 440 684 9600 or Email: %$Linker: 2 Email <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkEmail [email protected] email: [email protected] false mailto:[email protected] true false%>. Information may also be obtained through Freedonia Group website.

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