This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Discrete Capacitors in US$Million

This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Discrete Capacitors in US$Million. The market for 'Discrete Capacitors' is analyzed by the followingend-use segments: Telecommunications, Computers and Peripherals, ConsumerElectronics, Automotives, Aerospace and Defense, Industrial & OtherApplications. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for USA,Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of World. Annual forecasts areprovided for each region for the period of 2006 through 2015. The reportprofiles 357 companies including many key and niche players worldwide such asAVX Corporation, CSI Capacitors Inc., EPCOS AG, KEMET Corporation, MurataManufacturing Company, Ltd.., Matsuo Electric Co., Ltd., NEC Tokin Corporation,Nichicon Corporation, Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.., TDK Corporation, and VishayIntertechnology, Inc. Market data and analytics are derived from primary andsecondary research.

Company profiles are mostly extracted from URL research andreported select online sources Key Topics Covered:I INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & PRODUCT DEFINITIONS II. Executive Summary* Industry Overview * Capacitors - A Preface * Capacitors Market By Product Segments * Capacitors Market By End-Use Segments * Product Overview * Technological Developments * Product Introductions/Innovations * Recent Industry Activity * Focus on Select Global Players * Global Market PerspectiveIII. MARKET COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE For more information visit http:// and MarketsLaura WoodSenior Fax from USA: 646-607-1907Fax from rest of the world: +353-1-481-1716 Copyright Business Wire 2009. TORONTO, May 26 (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada said onTuesday the average yield for its 29-day purchase and resaleagreement (PRA) operation for private sector instruments dueJune 26 was 0.500 percent. Currencies  |  Bonds The low and high yield were 0.500 percent. The central banksaid the par amount transacted was C$500 million ($446million). ($1=$1.12 Canadian) (Reporting by Jennifer Kwan; editing by Rob Wilson) Currencies Bonds.

JOHANNESBURG, May 26 (Reuters) - ArcelorMittal South Africa(ACLJ.J), a unit of the world's biggest steel maker, shut downits 1.2 million tonnes Saldanha mill on Tuesday, after anexplosion at the plant, the company said. Spokesman Sven Lunsche said no one was hurt when theexplosion occurred at the mill's corex furnace, and aninvestigation into the cause of the accident was still ongoing. "The mill will be down today and tomorrow when we will get adetailed assessment on the cause and how to proceed," Lunschetold Reuters. The mill has been running at 60-65 percent capacity sinceFebruary, Lunsche said It produces thin gauge steel productsmainly for export "We don't know yet how much production was lost ... there issome possibility of sourcing supplies elsewhere in South Africaor at some of the other ArcelorMittal group plants," he said (Reporting by Agnieszka Flak). * Chinalco president tells magazine looking at deal changes China  |  Japan * Chinalco wants to keep 18 pct equity stake * Rio says Chinalco deal "evolving" * Rio sees signs of pick-up in Chinese iron ore demand (Rewrites with Chinalco magazine interview) By Simon Rabinovitch and Bruce Hextall BEIJING/CANBERRA, May 26 (Reuters) - China's state-ownedmetals firm Chinalco is considering changes to its planned $19.5billion tie-up with Rio Tinto (RIO.L) but is adamant aboutboosting its equity stake in the miner, Chinalco's presidenttold a magazine. Chinalco's comments in Caijing magazine and remarks made byRio on Tuesday that the deal is "evolving" added to recent mediaspeculation that the two firms will have to rejig the deal thathas sparked opposition from many shareholders.

Rio Tinto lined up the deal with Chinalco in February,looking for a way to pay down half its $38 billion in debt asdebt markets remained frozen and commodity prices collapsed. "Certainly there have already been changes in the market andaccording to these changes we and Rio are together looking intothe present situation," Caijing quoted Chinalco President XiongWeiping as saying. He declined to detail how the deal might be changed, butdenied media reports that Chinalco would agree to limit itsequity stake in Rio to 15 percent instead of doubling it to 18percent as originally agreed "These are all market rumours," hesaid. Xiong's comments echoed those of Rio Tinto's iron ore chiefSam Walsh in Australia. "I think it's a situation that is evolving," he toldreporters in Canberra on Tuesday, adding that Rio would decideits next move after meeting shareholders. "We have certainly seen economic conditions improve sincethe deal was announced in February but importantly for us weneed to take into account in our deliberations what ourshareholders see as the key issues," he added. UNHAPPY SHAREHOLDERS Many shareholders have criticised the proposal, sayingChinalco is being favoured over other investors, whileAustralian politicians are worried the deal will give Chinainfluence over the pricing of a strategic commodity, iron ore.

Some shareholders prefer a rights issue as a way to raisecapital while others have suggested Chinalco might give up oneof two board seats they will get under the proposal. Rio Tinto Chairman Jan du Plessis arrives in Australia thisweek to talk to shareholders, having discussed the China dealwith major UK shareholders over the past two weeks. Major UK shareholders said last week more changes wereneeded to the planned deal and said rumoured concessions may notgo far enough. [ID:nLM690128] Under the deal, Chinalco would take direct minority stakesin some Rio mining assets as well as buying convertible notesthat could double its equity stake to 18 percent. Despite leaving the door open to a revised Chinalco deal,Walsh defended the principle of major consumers such as Chinesestate firms taking equity stakes in producers, and dismissedconcerns about China gaining control or influence over pricing. He said miners had had joint ventures with customers fornearly 50 years, during which time companies and their customershad remained commercially independent. "In the resource industry there is a solid history ofcustomer involvement in projects and that has not impacted onpricing," he said.