China Steelmaking Raw Materials & Finished Products Conference, 3-5 December 2006
Ritz-Carlton Beijing Financial St., Beijing, China
Sunday 3 December 2006
14.00-19.00
Registration
19.00-21.00
Welcome reception hosted by Noble Group
Monday 4 December 2006
China slowdown, what slowdown?
07.30-08.30
Registration
Chairman morning day one: Mike Barden, CEO, CRU
OPENING ADDRESS
Tianwen Huang, President, Sinosteel
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Prof. Yi Ning Li, Economist, State Council, China
STEEL DEMAND: ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR CHINA & THE WORLD; SLOWDOWN, WHAT SLOWDOWN?
Fujiang Liu, Deputy Director General, National Bureau of Statistics, China
Kevin Morrison, Senior Commodities Correspondent, Financial Times
Coffee Break
STEEL INDUSTRY SUPPLY; HOW WILL CHINA DEAL WITH "QUICK GROWTH"?
Xichun Wu, Consultant & Former Deputy Minister of Metallurgical Industry, China Iron & Steel Association
Yinsong Jia, Deputy Director General, National Development & Reform Commission, China
INTERNATIONAL TRADE: WILL CHINESE EXPORTS CONTINUE RISING?
Shuhe Liang, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Commerce, China
Haoran Chen, Chairman, China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters
CONSOLIDATION: THE RISE OF THE CHINESE MEGA-MILL?
Philip Tomlinson, Managing Consultant, CRU Strategies
Lunch
Chairman afternoon day one: Philip Tomlinson, Managing Consultant, CRU Strategies
MILL PRESENTATIONS:
HOW TO SUCCEED IN CHINESE STEEL; IS BIG BEAUTIFUL?
WHAT NEXT FOR TRADE-COME-BACK FOR PROTECTIONISM?
Jimin Zhu, Chairman, Shougang (Capital Steel) Group
COMPARISON OF SCRAP AND DRI AS A FEEDSTOCK FOR STEELMAKING
Dr. Amit Chatterjee, Adviser to the Managing Director, Tata Steel Ltd
YiFang Wang, President, Tangshan Iron & Steel Group
Yanlin Jia, General Manager, Raw Materials Purchase, Baosteel Group
Coffee Break
STEEL FUTURES AND STEEL INDUSTRY
Maijun Yang, President, Shanghai Futures Exchange
STEEL PRICE INDICES; BENCHMARKS FOR TRADING PLATFORMS
Alistair Ramsay, Senior Consultant, Steel Team, CRU Analysis
SUMMING UP
Steven Burchell, Manager Steel Business Unit, CRU Analysis
End of day one
Networking Reception and Dinner - Beijing Night Show
Tuesday 5 December 2006
How to satisfy China’s insatiable appetite for raw materials
OPENING ADDRESS
Chairman day two: Zhixiong Dong, Vice President, Sinosteel
IRON ORE: HOW TO SATISFY CHINA'S INSATIABLE DEMAND?
Yi Li, General Manager, Sinosteel
CANADA'S LABMAG IRON ORE PROJECT
Robert A Martin, President & CEO, New Millennium Capital Corp
PRESENTATION
Russell Scrimshaw, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Fortescue Metals Group Ltd
PRESENTATION
Qiping Yan, Secretary General, CAMSU
Coffee break
DRI: THE INDIAN GROWTH STORY
Amit Majumdar, Managing Director, Minmet Resources, India
PELLET & ROCHE BAY
Melinda Moore, Chief Financial Officer, Roche Bay Plc
RAW MATERIALS: WILL SHORTAGES DERAIL CHINA'S PROSPECTS? - INDEPENDENT VIEW
Henry Liu, Commodities Analyst, Macquarie Bank
FREIGHT OUTLOOK: HAS THE FREIGHT CRISIS PASSED?
Chris Tomlinson, Freight Analyst, Clarksons
SUMMING UP
Robert Perlman, Chairman, CRU
Close of conference
WORKSHOP Tuesday 5 December 2006, PM Session - 14.00-17.00
Ritz-Carlton Beijing Financial Street, Beijing, China
Presented by Christopher Stobart, Managing Consultant, CRU Strategies
PLUS - Keynote guest speakers: Rui Rong Huo, Vice President, Shanghai Futures Exchange and Jian Ping Bao, Director, Shanghai Futures Exchange
Organised by CRU Training - specialist bespoke training for the mining and metals, cables and inorganic industries. For further information on CRU Training, visit http://www.crutraining.crugroup.com
This workshop will discuss:
•Current non-ferrous futures & ferrous futures prospects - Shangai Futures Exchange
•How Commodity Exchanges operate
•How they are used by metal companies throughout the world for trading and hedging nickel, copper, aluminium and other non-ferrous metals
•How steel may be traded on a Commodity Exchange in the future
•The potential benefits of a steel contract on a Commodity Exchange to producers, consumers and traders in the steel industry