Deal activity in the global metals industry is soaring to new highs according to
Forging ahead, the third annual report on global metals mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
The collective value of deals which took place in 2006 was US$77.4 billion, more than double the US$34.9 billion of the previous year.
The total number of 224 disclosed deals was slightly down on the 2005 total of 250 but the value of the top ten deals was US$65.5 billion, a huge increase on the US$19.4 billion of the previous year.
The report includes a geographical snapshot of M&A activity in key regions. A new addition for this year is the inclusion of analysis of the major differences in the views of chief executives in the metals sector and other industry sectors, based on data drawn from the 10th Annual Global CEO Survey.
This has been supplemented with a discussion of some key industry concerns with Daniel DiMicco, chairman of Nucor and Michel Jacques, chief executive of Alcan Primary Metal Group.
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