Steel Business Briefing

Orta Doğu ile Kuzey Afrika bölgesinin büyük bölümü çelik üretimine yönelik ham madde eksikliğiyle karşı karşıya bulunuyor ve dünyadaki en büyük madencilik şirketleri demir cevheri fiyatlarını artırdığı için bu bölgeyi desteklemek katılımcılar için cazip bir seçenek oluşturmuyor. Bir çok alıcı 2008 yılında son derece yüksek seyreden inşaat demiri fiyatlarından ve 2009 yılında pazardaki büyümenin yavaş seyretmesinden etkilendi.

Bu düzensiz pazarlarla karşı karşıya kalan bölge endüstrisi hızla olgunlaşıyor. Ayrıca sektör yatırımları bakımından giderek daha fazla fırsat doğuyor. SBB 4. Çelik Pazarları Orta Doğu konferansında okurlarını ve diğer katılımcıları bölge endüstrisinin bugünkü dalgalı, ancak ümit vaat eden pazar koşulları hakkında tartışmaya davet ediyor.

Day 1 - Pazartesi, 20 Eylül 2010
09:00	Registration
10:20	Welcome Address
	Bay Bijan Farhangi, Operations Director LATAM, Steel Business Briefing
10:30	Keynote Session: Setting the Scene: The rise in raw material prices and its effects on finished product markets Early 2010 saw surging iron ore, scrap and coking coal prices have a strong knock-on effect on steel prices; this was despite slow demand in many regions. In addition, the mining companies took advantage of tightness in the market to introduce quarterly or other shorter term contracts. Experts and others will discuss how these changes will affect the stability of the steel market, and its recovery from the recession.
	How Have MENA Steel Markets Emerged From The Downturn..And What Does The Fututre Hold? Bay George Matta, Marketing Director, Ezz Steel Rebars Co.
	EMIRATES STEEL Bay A.N. Venkat, Vice President Sales, Emirates Steel Industries
	SBB – Steel Markets Middle East Bay Afshin Khiabani, Head of Trade Division, Adpico
12:00	Lunch
13:30	Session 2: How is the industry coping with the effects of soaring raw material prices? Has 2010 seen a repeat of the steel pricing froth which hit the Middle East market in the first half of 2008? Local market players will discuss the effects of higher (and potentially lower) raw material prices on the costs, supply, demand and steel prices in the region.
	How steel trading companies are reacting to the effects of soaring raw material prices? Bay Livio Rimoldi, Middle East / Far East Area Director, Carbofer
	How is the industries coping with the effects Dr. Bhaskar Dutta, Chief Executive Officer, Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. S.A.O.G.
	How are Producers, Traders and End Users Coping with the effects of soaring raw material prices Bay Abu Bucker Husain, Chief Executive Officer, Al Ghurair Iron & Steel LLC
	All Change in Raw Material Markets –and the Implications for Steel Bay Mark Wiggett, Manager, The Steel Index
15:15	Coffee Break
15:45	Session 3: Local economic development and investment in steel Despite the recent upheavals in the upstream and downstream steel markets, regional economic development has continued apace, given the prospect of higher global oil and gas prices. Middle East demand for steel products is being driven not only by hydrocarbons, but also by other infrastructure regional projects, for example in railways and ports. This strong internal demand has helped reduce some of the imbalances that the local steel markets have faced in the last year or two.”
	The Middle East Seamless Supply & Demand&An update on JESCO (Jubail Energy Bay John Blomberg, Director , Duferco SA
	GROWTH & POTENTIAL IN STEEL INDUSTRY Dr. Sudarshan Singh, Chairman, ANT Steel Engineers (Asia) Pvt. Limited
	Bay Hamad S. Al-Tassan, General Manager, Technology Management, Metal SBU, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
	The Dynamics of OCTG Markets Bay Duncan Pell, Commercial Director, Interpipe
17:30	Evening Reception

Day 2 - Salı, 21 Eylül 2010
09:00	Keynote Session 2: Steel trade inside and outside the region The Middle East market is becoming more mature with balanced production and demand volumes. In some cases, it is even developing an export market. How will steel trade within the GCC countries and elsewhere in the region develop in the next few years? Will there be restrictions on imports, or will the Middle East remain open to trade?
	Istanbul Iron and Steel Exporters Association Bay Ugur Dalbeler, CEO, Colakoglu Metalurji A.S.
	Bay Hadi Hami, Senior International Steel Trader , Alam Steel Ltd
	International Steel Trading In The Light Of Global Economıic Facts Bay Görkem Bolaca, Sales Manager Steel Division, LN Metals International Ltd
	Bay Revinipati Sridhar, Chief Sales , Essar Steel
10:30	Coffee Break
11:00	Panel Session: Global overcapacity and the Middle East market Given the recent upheavals in the economy, and the volatility in raw material prices and steel production costs, what are the comparative strengths of regional steel makers? How valid is the DRI-EAF low carbon route for the region? Overcapacity seems likely to continue for many years – to what extent would consumers in the Middle East benefit from lower prices by continuing to import their finished steel? Başkan: Mr John Short
	Bay Hamad S. Al-Tassan, General Manager, Technology Management, Metal SBU, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
	Bay Görkem Bolaca, Sales Manager Steel Division, LN Metals International Ltd
	Bay Duncan Pell, Commercial Director, Interpipe
	Bay Mark Wiggett, Manager, The Steel Index
12:30	Closing Remarks
12:45	Lunch