7th Asian Steel Conference
Steel Guru as media partner is proud to present 7th Asian Steel Conference which is organized by Steel World on December 7th to 8th 2007 at The Leela, Mumbai.
Asia has always been the leader in world steel consumption with around half of the world steel demand generated in Asian markets. The Asian region comprises of developing Countries where infrastructural development is on the forefront of the agenda.
The economic boom is the current hype in the Asia Pacific right now. With Asian countries such as India and China spearheading their development plans, infrastructure expansion is on top of their schedule. On top of this, the automotive, engineering, railway and the shipping industries are developing alongside with the country. These growths will inevitably increase the demand of steel. Steel production, by large has kept pace with demand up till now to meet the overall requirement of various consuming sectors. However, over the past 12 months, the steel industry has been extremely volatile with significantly higher iron ore and coal cost, lower commodity steel pricing, and soaring cost for zinc and aluminium coating metals. Besides just the demand and supply issues, India's steel industry will have to deal with higher raw material costs with short term and long term perspective.
Over the last few years, the changes faced by the steel industry have been increasingly acknowledged. Miners, traders and end users are under pressure to identify key issues that will help raise the credibility of their company. Practitioners alike agree that China would be one market to look out for.
Conference Program (Provisional)
Day I
09.00 AM Registration
10.00 AM Inauguration
11.00 AM Coffee Break
11.30 AM Keynote Session
Outlook for Asian Iron & Steel Industry
Dr.S.K.Gupta, Director, JSW Steel Ltd.
Mr.Malay Sengupta, CMD – MSTC Ltd.
Mr.J.Mehra, Director – Essar Steels Ltd.
Amit Majumdar, CEO, Span Resources
01.00 PM Lunch
02.00 PM Business Session I
Raw Materials – Short Term & Long Term Perspective
Sponge Iron: Sponge Iron Manufacturer’s Association
Ferro Alloys: Indian ferro Alloy Producer’s Association
Scrap: MSTC Ltd.
Iron Ore: To be confirmed
Coke & Coal: Mr. R.B.Mathur, Essar Group
Refractories: Dr.A.K.Chattopadhyaya – Tata Refractories Ltd.
03.30 PM Tea Break
03.45 PM Business Session II
Regional Industry Profiles
India: Joint Plant Committee (Ministry of Steel)
Gulf: Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting
SE Asia: Iron & Steel Institute of Thailand
China: Mr. Jim, MD, Mysteel.com
Russia: Evgeny Oakes, MD – Ourmetals.com
05.30 PM Conclusion
07.30 Pm Onwards Cultural Program & Cocktail Dinner
Day II
09.30 AM Business Session III
International Trade: Emerging Products-Emerging Markets
JSW Steel Ltd.
Steel Authority of India Ltd.
NCDEX Ltd.
H.L.Nathurmal
11.00 AM Coffee Break
11.30 AM Business Session IV
Project Updates
Individual company presentations describing the status of major Greenfield and Brownfield expansions in Asian iron & steel sector
01.00 PM Lunch
02.00 Business Session V
Technology – Enabler for Cost Competitiveness
Siemens-VAI
Danieli
MECON
SAP
Hari Machines Ltd.
SSIT
03.30 PM Tea Break
03.45 PM Valedictory Session
04.30 PM End of Conference
Venue
The Leela, Mumbai
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