Speakers presentations 2008

  The China Non-Ferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA), the International Copper Study Group (ICSG), the International Lead & Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) and the International Nickel Study Group (INSG) held a Metals in China Seminar (program) , which took place in Lisbon, Portugal in 8 October 2008:

Mr. Shang Fushan , Vice President, CNIA made a presentation on “Development review on 2007 and prospects for 2008 on China’s non-ferrous metals industry”.

Mr. Shang Fushan , Vice President, CNIA, made a presentation on “Current situation and forecast on Chinese nickel industry”.

Mr. Peter Kaumanns , Director, Economics & Statistics, International Stainless Steel Forum, made a presentation on “Current and future trends in the Chinese stainless steel market”.

Mr. Xinfang Jiang , President, Shanghai Tsingshan Mineral Co Ltd., made a presentation on Stainless Steel.

  The following speakers made presentations at the INSG Meetings, which were held in Lisbon, Portugal in 6 and 7 October 2008:

Mr. Benno Kratz , ELG, Germany, spoke on the latest world trends in the supply and demand for stainless steel scrap from the point of view of a large processor.

Mr. Peter Kaumanns , ISSF, Belgium, spoke on the latest developments in the world stainless steel market.

Mr. Salvatore Pinizzotto , Managing Director of Xida Market Research, Italy, made a presentation on Special Steels.

Mr. Xinfang Jiang , President Director of Shanghai Tsingshan Mineral Co., Ltd., China P.R., made a presentation on Nickel Pig Iron in China and its raw materials.

Mr. Stephen Barnett , President of Nickel Institute, Belgium, spoke on “REACH and Nickel” and provided an update on the crucial “read-across” issue.

Mr. Mickey Thompson , Chief Researcher of Intierra, Australia, spoke on “Intierra’s Global Nickel Map 2008”, showing the global distribution of nickel deposits, mines, smelters, refineries and concentrators.

  The International Copper Study Group, International Lead & Zinc Study Group and International Nickel Study Group held a Joint Forecasting Seminar, which took place in Lisbon, Portugal in April 2008:

Study Group member countries’ approaches to forecasting methodology: Chile, Japan and the United States.

Presentation by Mr. David Coombs of Brook Hunt on "The Impact of Production Cost Analysis on Metal Market Forecasting Techniques".

Presentation by Mr. Ross Strachan of Commodities Research Unit (CRU) on "External Trends that will Influence the Price of Metals".

Presentation by Mr. Chris Welch of Bloomsbury Mineral Economics on "The Development of Effective Metal Price Forecasting Models".

Presentation by Mr. Jim Lennon of Macquarie Bank on "The Evolution of Chinese Metal Market Data".

  The following speakers made presentations at the INSG Meetings, which were held in Lisbon, Portugal in 21 and 22 April 2008:

Mr. Markus Moll , Managing Director and Senior Market Analyst of SMR, Austria, spoke on the world high nickel alloy market.

Mr. Peter Kaumanns of the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF), Belgium, presented the latest developments in stainless steel production.

Ms. Wang Ye of the Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (BGRIMM) made a presentation on the Chinese nickel industry.

Mr. Benno Kratz of ELG, Germany, spoke on the latest world trends in the supply and demand for stainless steel scrap.

Mr. Johannes Spiess of Siemens-VAI, Austria, spoke on developments in stainless steel production equipment and the usage of nickel pig iron, particularly in China.

Mr. Stephen Barnett of the Nickel Institute, had his presentation on key current regulatory issues impacting on nickel delivered on his behalf.

Mr. Benno Kratz of ELG, Germany, and Council Member of the International Chromium Development Association, provided an overview of the market for chromium.

Mr. Yuki Toyama, Manager, Stainless Steel Raw Materials Dept. of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Japan, provided an overview of “The general physical flow of stainless steel scrap in the Japanese domestic scrap market”.

Mr. Don Smale, Secretary-General of the INSG, made a presentation on the Secretariat's Report on the Market Situation for Nickel, which summarizes the principal factors driving the demand, supply and price of nickel.

Mr. Sven F. Tollin, Chief Statistician of the INSG, review of stainless steel scrap trade statistics.