Metals Economics Group Strategic Report: Base metals and gold 2010 acquisitions spending totals 50.7 billion dollars

摘要

The 2010 dollar volume of large (25 million dollars minimum) acquisitions totalled 50.7 billion dollars - the third-highest annual total in ten years - a whopping increase of 260 per cent over 2009's 14 billion dollars and 23 per cent over 2008's 41 billion dollars. According to Metals Economics Group's (MEG) recent Strategic Report, the 2010 total signifies a general return of confidence to the industry after a period of significant strategic retrenchment and caution due to the worldwide recession, and sharply lower metals prices that began in late 2008 and lasted into early 2010.