The event will focus on recent global coal market developments, with a close look at metallurgical coal and steel feedstocks.
Participants will explore new trends in coal supply and demand – both in Asia and globally. The conference agenda will cover the outlook for metallurgical coal exports from major production regions, prospects for investment in coal mining, and analysis of future demand for coal, steel feedstocks and products in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Speakers will examine evolving price correlations on metallurgical coal, coke and steel feedstock markets, provide analysis of the main factors behind steel industry weakness and deliver their view on potential shifts in seaborne steel and coal trade. The conference will be attended by leading producers and consumers of coal and steel from Europe, Asia and the CIS, as well as international trading firms. Steel producers and energy companies, transport operators and stevedoring firms, brokers and forwarders have shown significant interest in this high-level event.
The following items will be included on the agenda:
- Outlook for global coal and steel markets
- Global pricing, trends in metallurgical coal prices and new roles for global benchmarks
- Outlook for the steel industry in China amid slowing economic growth
- Overview of supply-demand balance for coking coal and PCI in Asia
- India’s steel industry as a driver of future growth in demand for metallurgical coal
- Prospects for metallurgical coal demand in Europe, which seems on the brink of stagnation
- Forecast for coking coal production growth in Russia, which is seeking more markets
- New trends in dry bulk sea transportation: Mitigating geopolitical and economical risks
- Thermal coal global trade outlook