Industry Overview

摘要

This Business Ratio report focuses on the leading 110 companies operating in the mining and quarrying industry. At the time of publication nine companies had not filed accounts in the 03/04 period and have consequently been omitted from the Report's totals and averages. A further 17 companies have filed accounts subsequent to the cut-off date and these are presented in the 04/05 Recently Filed Accounts column of the Performance League Tables and relevant Company Profiles, but are not used in any of the analysis. The report is divided into two subsectors, each profiling companies with different key interests. The breakdown of subsectors is shown below. The report analyses company and industry performance over the three years up to 7~(th) August 2004. During this period, the average company experienced a 12.8 percent increase in sales from 77.9 million pounds in 2001/02 to 83.9 million pounds in 2002/03 before ending the three years in 2003/04 at 87.9 million pounds. Pre-tax profits increased by 16.6 percent over the same period, rising from 6.9 million pounds in 2001/02 to 8 million pounds in 2003/04. The relationship between the sales and pre-tax profits of the average company over the three year analysis period is displayed in the Sales and Pre-Tax Profits of the Average Company graph.