VII International Conference "CIS Steel and Raw Materials in the World Markets", 23-24 April 2012, Kiev, Ukraine, InterContinental Hotel Kyiv

• The 2012 global economic outlook and metallurgy perspective
• Steel & raw materials price trends & drivers in 2012
• Chinese steel market: now and during next five years
• India's potential to become a global powerhouse of steel industry

• Consequences of instability within the EU and currency fluctuations for regional and global steel business.
• Overview of Turkish steel industry: general trends, price development and forecasts

• Prospects of steel production & consumption in Europe
• High value-added steel production as one of European producers’ strategies
• Trading companies’ strategies in new market conditions
• Challenges of long products' distribution in Turkey. Search for new sales markets
• Capacity expansion to heat up rivalry with CIS suppliers: semis and flat products

• Estimation of steel markets in Middle East and North Africa
• Iranian metallurgical sector: outlook for steel production & consumption, price trends and forecasts

• Impact of "Arab Spring" on steel industry
• Prospects of steel market development & new projects outlook within the region
• Capacity expansion & prospects of self-sufficiency. Competition of CIS exporters with local suppliers
• Legislation features, trade restrictions and other limitations; impact on cooperation with foreign suppliers

• Existing challenges and prospects of CIS exports to South-East Asia
• Indonesia as one of the largest steel markets in Southeast Asia and the fastest growing economy after China and India
• Rapid infrastructure development & construction projects in ASEAN
• Capacity increase to meet growing demand

• State of CIS raw materials markets & exports outlook for 2012
• Prospects of CIS iron ore supplies to China
• CIS shifting from scrap exporter to importer
• Development prospects of CIS HBI/DRI markets
• General trends and perspective of pig iron exports from CIS
• Coking coal market: domestic perspective and global development tendencies
• Overview of CIS ferroalloys production and exports

• Russia
• Ukraine
• Belarus
• Kazakhstan

• Macroeconomic forecast
• Steel consumption

Part 2. Prospects of major steel consuming industries

• Construction
• Machine manufacturing

• Steel and raw materials seaborne trade within Azov – Black and Mediterranean Regions: outlook for 2012
• Railway transportation in CIS: rolling stock, infrastructure, tariffs

• Stand alone meeting to highlight the most remarkable metallurgical industry issues both in domestic and international arena
• Extremely content-driven conference led by high-caliber speakers
• Vast opportunities to network and engage in business with top CIS steel & raw materials exporters

• Integrated Iron-and-Steel Works, Mini-mills, Re-rollers
• Mining & Industrial Companies
• Trading Companies/Exporters/Importers
• Steel Service Centers/ End-users
• Steel & Mining equipment / Systems suppliers
• Sea Shipping Companies & Logistics Providers / Transport Companies/ Surveyors
• Financial Institutions: Investment Banks / Infrastructure Funds
• Government officials involved in monitoring and regulating metallurgical and industrial trade
• Consultants and Analysts