25th International Copper Conference

Executive industry panel:

· Peter Willbrandt, CEO, Aurubis, Germany

· Riccardo Garré, CEO, KME Group SpA, Italy

· Javier Targhetta, President, Atlantic Copper, Spain, and SVP Marketing & Sales, Freeport · McMoRan Copper & Gold, USA

· John Peter Leesi, CEO & President, Luvata, UK

Speakers and panelists:

· Rodrigo Toro, Corporate Sales Vice President, Codelco, Chile

· Clive Newall, President & Director, First Quantum Minerals, UK

· Shen Chun, Vice General Manager,  JCC Jinrui Futures Co Ltd, China

· Toshiako Sato, General Manager Planning & Coordination Dept, Pan Pacific Copper, Japan

· Michael Jansen, Head of Metals Research, JP Morgan, UK

· Stuart Thorn, President, Southwire Company, USA

· Monica di Cosimo, Group Marketing Director, KME Group, Italy

· Andy Blanchard, President & CEO, United Copper Industries, USA

· Robin Bhar, Metals Strategist, Crédit Agricole CIB, UK

· Christian Spano, Climate Change & Carbon Manager, KPMG LLP, UK

· Wiktor Bielski, Global Head of Commodities Research, VTB Capital plc, UK

· George Cheveley, Portfolio Manager, Investec, UK

· Mario Guedes, Vice President, Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro SA,  Portugal

· Malin Stein, Sales Manager, Raw Materials Group, Sweden

· Volker Wendt, Director Public Affairs, Europacable, Belgium

Linking up the supply chain to foster debate and global industry growth

Metal Bulletin Events’ landmark 25^th International Copper Conference will provide an informative and timely forum, early in the year, to analyse and disuss the key challenges facing copper as we move through 2012. With Germany producing some 3m tonnes per year of copper semis and Hamburg home to Europe’s largest producer of cathode Aurubis, this is the ideal location to bring all segments of the industry chain to the debating table.

Key topics to be discussed:

·   Has copper demand succumbed now not so much to substitution but to economic concerns and industrial downturn?
·   How shaky is consumption growth in Europe and North America? What are the fabricators, mills and end-users telling us? Are new applications starting to bear fruit?
·   Is the global economic sentiment – and reality – still too Euro and Dolla-centric? Can China, with its 40% share of global consumption, take up the slack?
·   Has copper lost its lustre where the financial community is concerned, or do lower prices herald an investment opportunity?
·   Will supply constraints have any impact in 2012, or is this a market heading back to balance? What impact will inventories have on demand and prices in the coming 12 months?
·   Where are TCs, prices and premiums headed in 2012? What will be the main drivers?
·   How financially robust is the industry chain? Are miners still taking the lion’s share of profits? Or are they facing cost pressures?
·   Do we need restructuring further downstream? How are smelters, refiners and fabricators addressing the competitive challenges?
·   What of the wire and cable business – has consolidation in this copper-intensive business borne results?
·   Will capacity growth continue in China? How much of its production and processing capability is untenable over the longer term?
·   Looking beyond the present – how much more mine supply will be needed in the next 3, 5, 10 years? Is the pipeline being prepared – and where will tomorrow’s concentrate come from?
·   Longer term, how sustainable is the copper business? Is enough being done by enough industry players?

Hotel details:

Radisson Blü Hotel, Hamburg, Germany

Booking your accommodation:

Upon registration, delegates will be emailed an accommodation booking form along with their registration confirmation to be completed and returned direct to the hotel.