Established in 1999 and built on the huge success of past sessions, China Int’l Steel & Raw Materials Conference has become one of the most prestigious and well-known events in the global steel and iron ore industries. The conference draws a large attendance every year with its high-level corporate and government speakers, wide range and well-selected topics, series of networking opportunities and social functions, etc.

In 2010, the world steel industry has recorded high growth in both steel production and consumption, and huge price hikes of iron ore. With the world economy expected to maintain a moderate recovery, the global crude steel production will continue to grow in 2011. In the mean time, new regional economic and political uncertainties, the deepening industrial restructuring worldwide to reduce environmental footprint, the slowing down GDP and the increasing steel scrap use in China, the mining giants’ iron ore expansion projects and the emerging new iron ore mines will all exert impacts on the global iron ore market.

At the 11th China Int’l Steel & Raw Materials Conference 2011, we will help you to understand the iron ore market developments and the driving factors behind.

Main Topics of the Conference

• Development of China’s steel industry and iron ore sector in the 12th Five-year Plan period;
• Short term outlook for China and global crude steel production;
• Global iron ore dynamics, price trends and demand supply analysis;
• Updates on the operational status and expansion programs of the world’s major iron ore suppliers;
• Round up of new capacity Form junior miners and their new projects;
• Iron ore resources in Australia, the Americas, Africa and Russia/CIS;
• Iron ore production in China, the existing operations and new investments;
• Updates on the consolidation of the global iron ore and steel industries;
• Tax policy changes of the major iron ore exporting countries and the impact on global iron ore trade;
• Development of the steel scrap industry and its impact on seaborne iron ore trade;
• Dry bulk shipping market outlook and ocean freight forecast;
• Developments on iron ore pricing mechanism and iron ore derivatives.