3rd conference CIS RAW MATERIALS IN THE WORLD MARKETS

10:00 - 11:30 Session 1 «Mining and Steel Companies Development Strategies»

Chairman - Georgy Eliseev, Head of Analytical Dept, Evraz Group

"Russian coking coal market leader's strategy"
Alexander Andreev, Director - Strategic Planning, Raspadskaya

Andrey Bolshakov, Director - Strategy and Investments, Metinvest Holding

"Steel companies in CIS: to be prepared for the challenges of tomorrow"
Konstantin Mezentsev, Head of Kiev Office, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 – 13:30 Session 2 «Global Iron Ore and Coking Coal Markets»

"The outlook for seaborne steelmaking raw materials"
Anthony Trickett, General Manager - Raw Materials, IISI

"Rio Tinto Iron Ore's response to increased demand for iron ore in world markets"
Alan Smith, Vice President - Atlantic Marketing, Rio Tinto Iron Ore

"The New World Force in Iron Ore"
Russell Scrimshaw, Board Director, Fortescue

Duncan Hobbs, Senior Consultant, Hatch Beddows

13:30 – 15:00 Lunch

15:00 – 16:00 Session 3 «Global Metallics Markets»

"Current trends and outlook for the global ferrous scrap market"
Lev Solovyov, Chief Analyst, Metal Expert

"Prospects for the global pig iron consumption growth"
Eldar Askerov, Chief Analyst, Evraz Group

Speaker tba, Midrex

16:00 – 16:30 – Coffee break

16:30 – 18:00 Session 4 «CIS Iron Ore and Coking Coal Production and Export»

"Basic trends of the Russian and global coking coal markets"
Alexander Malanichev, Director - Strategic Marketing, Mechel

"Russian and Ukrainian iron ore market development to 2010"
Ilya Belyakov, Head of Marketing, Metalloinvest

Speaker tba, Severstal-Resurs

18:00 – Drinks reception

DAY 2: Wednesday, 14 November 2007

10:00 – 11:30 Session 5 «CIS Raw Material Production and Export»

Sergey Frolov, Head of Marketing, Industrial Metallurgical Holding

Alexander Devyatov, Head of Production Department, LomProm

11:30 – 12:00 – Coffee break

5th conference METALLURGICAL GARGOES TRANSPORTATION

12:00 – 13:30 – Session 1 «Steel and raw materials trade flows, tariffs, chartering»

• International steel and raw materials trade in 2007: structure and trade flows
• Global freight market: key factors, trends and forecasts
• Railway tariff regulation for CIS and EU transportation

Speakers:
Svetlana Delamure, Head of Metal Expert News Division, Information Agency Metal-Courier
Viktor Kvitko, Head of Transport Regulation Division, Federal Tariff Service of Russian Federation

13:30 – 15:00 - Lunch

15:00 – 16:30 – Session 2 «Transport service and infrastructure development»

• Strategies of CIS steel producers as transportation service consumers
• Cargo owners and transportation companies: modern partnership
• Opportunities of Black and Baltic Sea ports within the framework of shipping intensification

Speakers:
Valery Shpakov, General Director, Novaya Transportation Company
Larisa Ivolgina, Transport Attache, Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia

16-30 – Close of conference, Drinks reception

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