Metals CEOs More Worried than Most Regarding Risks, Challenges

JOHANNESBURG--July 15, 2014--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Executive managers in the metals sector are showing concern about a range of risks confronting them, making them the least confident chief executive officers (CEOs) in any industrial sector. According to PWC's "17th Annual Global CEO Survey," their concerns are leading them to cut costs and take it slow on transactions. At the same time, many CEOs in the sector already are adapting supply chains to cope with emerging global trends. Within this article: Details of survey results regarding the confidence of executives in the metals sector.