Agenda
Day 1 - Mon, Jun 21Steel / Raw Materials
7:00 AM -
8:20 AM
Overview of Steel & Raw Materials Market
- Steel in a sustainable world
- World Steel Demand forecast
- Challenges for the Steel industry across regions
- Regionalization of the Steel market: Pros and cons
Featured Speakers Include
8:30 AM -
9:50 AM
Asia
- Analysis of Iron Ore Spot prices
- Global Steel demand and it’s impact on China
- Finished Steel export opportunities in Q2
- Competitiveness in the ASEAN Iron and Steel industry
- New Chinese Steel projects in Southeast Asia
- China in Focus: Low-carbon and volume reduction development
Featured Speakers Include
10:00 AM -
11:20 AM
UK & Europe
- When to expect demand recovery in Europe?
- The Path to Green Steel
- New Opportunities through Deeper Digitalization in EU
- Protectionism in the European Steel Industry in 2021: Advantages and Disadvantages
- Risks and Opportunities in UK Steel Market
Featured Speakers Include
11:30 AM -
1:00 PM
North America
- Steel capacity utilization
- U.S. scrap market outlook for Q3 2021
- Infrastructure projects and its impact on Steel demand
- Investments in renewable energy: New Steel demand
Featured Speakers Include
1:00 PM -
1:30 PM
LUNCH BREAK
1:30 PM -
2:50 PM
Mexico
- Steel Scrap deficit: How will this impact Steel mills?
- The impact of supply shortages on Mexico’s Steel industry
- How will USMCA’s new labor and production rules effect the automotive sector?
Featured Speakers Include
3:00 PM -
4:00 PM
South America
- Sourcing renewable energy for mine operations: The transition to a low carbon economy
- Analyzing South America’s flat-rolled Steel import market
- What are the factors affecting Brazil’s Iron Ore shipments?
Featured Speakers Include
Day 2 - Tue, Jun 22Steel / Raw Materials
7:00 AM -
8:20 AM
India
- Balance between Steel Exports and rising domestic demand
- Odisha as an International hub for the Steel sector
- Role of government initiatives & Steel industry performance
- Weak logistics as a challenge for Indian Steel sector
Featured Speakers Include
8:30 AM -
9:50 AM
Middle East and North Africa
- Middle East: Recent Steel market developments
- Subsequent lockdown impacts: North African companies are resuming activity
- Consumption rebound in Middle East and North Africa
- Regional Steel and raw materials price outlook
- MENA's Steel trade: Threats and perspectives
Featured Speakers Include
10:00 AM -
11:20 AM
CIS
- “Green Policy” in Ukraine: Projects and investments
- Emerging export markets for CIS Steel products and raw materials
- Russian and CIS crude Steel output expectations for Q3 2021
- Overview of Iron & Steel industry: Country reports
Featured Speakers Include
11:30 AM -
1:00 PM
Turkey
- Turkey Steel Pipe Exports: How are raw material prices affecting the market?
- Accessing domestic Steel Billet and scrap prices
- Lockdown related effects on the Iron and Steel industry
- EU and US duties on Turkish steel: Who wins?
- Turkish Flat Steel market trends
Featured Speakers Include
1:00 PM -
1:30 PM
LUNCH BREAK
1:30 PM -
2:20 PM
Steel Tubes and Pipes
- Accessing demand outlook for Line Pipes
- Inflation, deflation and its impact on the Tubes and Pipes sector
- Consumption of OCTG Tubes and Pipes
- Examining demand generated from the construction sector
Featured Speakers Include
Nicholas McDonald
Head of Sales, USMCA, Tubular Steel Inc. & President, Toronto Steel Buyers & Associates
Tubular Steel Inc.
Tubular Steel Inc.
2:30 PM -
3:30 PM
Stainless Steel
- Is the 301 stainless steel market expected to generate big revenue?
- How can Stainless Steel pave the way towards a sustainable future?
- Market segmentation: By type, application, end-user and region
- What are some of the factors contributing to the growth of the 316 Stainless Steel market?
- Nickel demand and price volatility: How is this affecting the Stainless Steel market?
- Stainless Steel Scrap outlook
Featured Speakers Include
Day 3 - Wed, Jun 23Steel / Raw Materials
7:00 AM -
8:20 AM
Iron Ore
- Analyzing production issues in different regions including Brazil and China
- Examining the factors that are driving iron prices to reach record highs
- Dry bulk market: Challenges and opportunities
- Iron Ore demand and consumption trends
Featured Speakers Include
8:30 AM -
9:50 AM
Ferroalloys
- Analyzing Bulk Alloys market trends
- Supply Issues: Chrome Ore shortage
- Ferromanganese: What are the challenges to market growth?
- What are the emerging opportunities in the global Ferrosilicon market?
- What are the key factors driving the Ferromanganese industry?
- Pricing forecasts for ferro-chrome and silicon-manganese
Featured Speakers Include
10:00 AM -
11:20 AM
World Coal Market Review
- Analyzing met coal and coking coal futures
- Examining production issues in key coal producing regions
- What are some of the challenges surrounding the seaborne met coal market?
- Risk management strategies
Featured Speakers Include
11:30 AM -
1:00 PM
Steel Making Technologies
- Examining new technologies that help reduce the industry’s environmental footprint
- Analyzing technological innovations for recycling steel
- Artificial Intelligence for Steel making: Challenges and Opportunities
- Challenges to digitalization in the Steel making sector
Featured Speakers Include
1:00 PM -
1:30 PM
LUNCH BREAK
1:30 PM -
2:30 PM
DRI/Pellets
- Analyzing DRI’s carbon footprint and comparing it to other steel products
- Production issues surrounding DRI
- Outlook on current market price trends
Featured Speakers Include
Day 4 - Thurs, Jun 24Non-Ferrous and Battery Materials
7:00 AM -
8:20 AM
An overview of the Base Metals & Battery Materials Market
- Which base metal outperformed in Q2 and what were the contributing factors?
- Base metals pricing outlook
- Base Metals and Battery materials futures analysis
- Demand and consumption outlook
- ESG issues gain in importance
- Responsible sourcing
Featured Speakers Include
8:30 AM -
9:20 AM
Aluminum
- How can mining companies prepare for a possible decline in automotive sales?
- Supply and demand trends
- Accessing geopolitical factors affecting the Aluminium industry
- Recycled Aluminium market outlook
- Will recycled Aluminium prices overtake premium Aluminium?
- Is packaging the future for Aluminium?
Featured Speakers Include
9:30 AM -
10:20 AM
Copper
- An overview of the copper market
- Supply issues: Shortage of Copper concentrate
- How will high Copper prices affect end users?
- Recycled Copper market outlook
- Is Copper the clear winner from “green” infrastructure and decarbonization?
Featured Speakers Include
10:30 AM -
11:20 AM
Nickel
- How will the price volatility surrounding Nickel affect end users?
- Macroeconomic and Microeconomic analysis
- Identifying the bottle necks in the supply chain and ensuring supply security
- How is Indonesia affecting the global Nickel market?
- Stainless steel remains the main driver but usage in batteries growing rapidly
Featured Speakers Include
11:30 AM -
12:30 PM
Cobalt
- Can it be, should it be, engineered out of batteries?
- The role of exchange-based pricing in growing the market
- Macroeconomic and Microeconomic outlook
- Concerns over shortage of cobalt supply by 2026
- Sustainability challenges
Featured Speakers Include
12:30 PM -
1:00 PM
LUNCH BREAK
1:00 PM -
1:50 PM
Zinc
- Zinc’s role in the shift towards carbon neutrality
- Zinc demand forecast
- How will advancements in the automotive sector affect the market?
- Examining premium trends and spot TCs
Featured Speakers Include
2:00 PM -
3:00 PM
Lithium
- Lithium market outlook and pricing forecast
- How will end users be impacted by high Lithium prices?
- Will we see a shortage of battery grade lithium?
- Li-ion batteries the benchmark for how long?
- The role of exchange-based pricing in growing the market
Featured Speakers Include
Day 5 - Fri, Jun 25Mining and Precious Metals
7:00 AM -
8:20 AM
Overview – Precious Metals and Mining
- Is it better to invest in silver or gold?
- Examining Precious metals futures
- Impact of the U.S. dollar on precious metals
- Sustainable Mining: The challenges to eliminating Scope 3 emissions
- Identifying renewable opportunities in mining
Featured Speakers Include
8:30 AM -
9:50 AM
Investment
- What is driving investments in 2021?
- What are the best investment opportunities right now?
- Do you have advice for anyone looking to buy precious metals stocks?
- Insights on investing in junior mining stocks
- Junior miners vs major miners
Featured Speakers Include
10:00 AM -
11:20 AM
Platinum and Palladium
- Is Platinum supply likely to keep up with demand?
- Analyzing Platinum’s relationship with gold
- What are some of the major demand drivers for palladium?
- Palladium prices: Demand generated from automakers
Featured Speakers Include
11:30 AM -
1:00 PM
Gold and Silver
- Gold investments in the midst of a pandemic: Save haven demand and portfolio diversification
- What is the current gold-silver ratio telling us?
- Will silver outperform gold as inflation and economy pick up?
- Interest rates and its impacts on gold
- Examining Silver supply constraints
Featured Speakers Include
Dan Popescu
Gold & Silver, Forex, International Monetary System Analyst
Investment Research Consultant
Investment Research Consultant
Florian Grummes
CEO, Founder, Precious Metals & Cryptocurrencies Expert, Analyst, Investor, Trader
Midas Touch Consulting
Midas Touch Consulting
1:00 PM -
1:30 PM
LUNCH BREAK
1:30 PM -
2:50 PM
North American Mining
American Mining
- Impacts of battery demand on American mining
- What are some of the key challenges faced by the mining sector?
- How can the U.S. secure critical mineral supply chains?
- What are some of the new mining investments?
Canadian Mining
- 2021 Budget: How will this affect the mining industry?
- Canadian mining: Engaging Indigenous and local communities
- What is Canada’s edge in the race to decarbonization?
- What are the biggest opportunities for the Canadian mining industry right now?
Featured Speakers Include
Margaret Durenberger
Chair of the Twin Cities subsection
Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc.
Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc.
Terry Lynch
CEO Chilean Metals Inc & Founder Save Canadian Mining
Chilean Metals Inc & Save Canadian Mining
Chilean Metals Inc & Save Canadian Mining
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