Conference Papers

Session 1: International steel and ferro alloy markets • The affect of the downturn on global steel and steel raw material markets • Stainless steel demand: What’s in store for 2010? • Green shoots? Looking for signs of economic recovery • Iron and steel scrap markets • Future drivers of demand and industry consolidation Kevin Fowkes, Business Manager, Steel & Ferroalloys, Integer, UK Download

Session 1: International steel and ferro alloy markets • The affect of the downturn on global steel and steel raw material markets • Stainless steel demand: What’s in store for 2010? • Green shoots? Looking for signs of economic recovery • Iron and steel scrap markets • Future drivers of demand and industry consolidation Rod Beddows, Chief Executive Officer, Hatch Corporate Finance, UK Download

Session 1: International steel and ferro alloy markets • The affect of the downturn on global steel and steel raw material markets • Stainless steel demand: What’s in store for 2010? • Green shoots? Looking for signs of economic recovery • Iron and steel scrap markets • Future drivers of demand and industry consolidation Tobias Kämmer, CEO, Oryx Stainless, Germany Download

Session 1: International steel and ferro alloy markets • The affect of the downturn on global steel and steel raw material markets • Stainless steel demand: What’s in store for 2010? • Green shoots? Looking for signs of economic recovery • Iron and steel scrap markets • Future drivers of demand and industry consolidation Markus Moll, Managing Director & Senior Market Analyst, SMR Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH, Austria Download

Session 1: International steel and ferro alloy markets • The affect of the downturn on global steel and steel raw material markets • Stainless steel demand: What’s in store for 2010? • Green shoots? Looking for signs of economic recovery • Iron and steel scrap markets • Future drivers of demand and industry consolidation Alastair Stalker, Director, Ore & Metal Company Ltd & Chairman, International Manganese Institute, South Africa (chair) Download

Session 2: A closer look at China’s effect on global supply and demand • Chinese buying strategy for steel-making natural resources • International vs. domestic pricing • Where will the surplus stocks eventually be used? • Environmental policy and how it might affect local mining • Homogenising pricing across Chinese provincial production • For how long will China continue to drive global demand for steel-making raw materials? Merve Harzadin, General Manager, CVK Group, Turkey Download

Session 2: A closer look at China’s effect on global supply and demand • Chinese buying strategy for steel-making natural resources • International vs. domestic pricing • Where will the surplus stocks eventually be used? • Environmental policy and how it might affect local mining • Homogenising pricing across Chinese provincial production • For how long will China continue to drive global demand for steel-making raw materials? Rob Edwards, Managing Director, Renaissance Capital, UK Download

Session 3: Chrome ore and ferro-chrome • South African electricity supply: is this a surmountable problem in the medium-term? • Can China’s appetite for Chrome persist through until the end of the economic downturn? • Looking at Indian supply and demand • New technologies to improve efficiency of ferro-chrome production • UG2 and its potential as a source of chrome ore Mark Midgley, Operations & Marketing Director, Ferroalloys Division, ENRC Marketing AG, Switzerland Download

Session 4: Manganese ore and ferro-manganese • Carbon steel outlook and demand drivers • Manganese-alloy price outlook • Chinese domestic pricing and the affect on exports • New capacity coming online for Manganese ore • How will consolidation in the Australian mining sector affect supply? • Environmental considerations and the new REACH standards Manish Sarda, Director-Commercial, Sarda Energy & Minerals Ltd, India Download

Session 4: Manganese ore and ferro-manganese • Carbon steel outlook and demand drivers • Manganese-alloy price outlook • Chinese domestic pricing and the affect on exports • New capacity coming online for Manganese ore • How will consolidation in the Australian mining sector affect supply? • Environmental considerations and the new REACH standards Keven Harlow, Consortium Manager, Manganese REACH Administration (MARA), France Download

Session 4: Manganese ore and ferro-manganese • Carbon steel outlook and demand drivers • Manganese-alloy price outlook • Chinese domestic pricing and the affect on exports • New capacity coming online for Manganese ore • How will consolidation in the Australian mining sector affect supply? • Environmental considerations and the new REACH standards Helen O'Malley, Senior Consultant, Steelmaking Raw Materials, CRU Analysis, UK Download

Session 4: Manganese ore and ferro-manganese • Carbon steel outlook and demand drivers • Manganese-alloy price outlook • Chinese domestic pricing and the affect on exports • New capacity coming online for Manganese ore • How will consolidation in the Australian mining sector affect supply? • Environmental considerations and the new REACH standards Anne Tremblay, Secretary General, International Manganese Institute, France (Chair Download

Session 5: Vanadium and Niobium • Stimulus plans and new energy: Vanadium’s role in the green revolution • Emerging new deposits: Madagascar and Mozambique • What is the anticipated effect on medium-term pricing? Julie Lee Harrs, President and Chief Operating Officer, Uranium Star, Canada Download

Session 6: Cobalt and Molybdenum • How have miners and producers coped with the global downturn in demand and pricing? • The need for improved risk management for cobalt and molybdenum • The new LME cobalt and molybdenum contracts: could this become a new price reference point? • Brazilian aspect to Cobalt production and consumption Chris Evans, New Products Manager, London Metal Exchange, UK Download

Session 6: Cobalt and Molybdenum • How have miners and producers coped with the global downturn in demand and pricing? • The need for improved risk management for cobalt and molybdenum • The new LME cobalt and molybdenum contracts: could this become a new price reference point? • Brazilian aspect to Cobalt production and consumption Francisco Martins, General Manager, Votorantim Metais, Brazil Download

Session 7: Nickel and Ferro-nickel • Output and mine closures • Current and future price trends • Recent issues with the hedging of nickel prices and how this has affected global steel producers Francois-Gabriel Sauvage, Executive Vice President, ERAMET, Belgium Download

Session 7: Nickel and Ferro-nickel • Output and mine closures • Current and future price trends • Recent issues with the hedging of nickel prices and how this has affected global steel producers Robert Cartman, Senior Consulting Analyst, Hatch Europe, UK Download