IronOreSupply Chain Congress24 - 25 February 2011, Conrad Bali, Indonesia

Leading industry speakers include:l Abhijit Chaudhuri, Director – Supply Chain Management, Ispat Industries, Indial Ken Brinsden, Chief Operations Officer, Atlas Iron, Australial Nirmal Mathur, Advisor, Jindal Steel and Co-Chairman,

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, India

l Bi Fan, General Manager – Iron Ore, Minmetals, Chinal Michael Yuen, Head of Shipping and Logistics, IMC Shipping, Chinal K.K. Pahuja, General Manager (Operations),

Steel Authority of India Limited, India

l A.S. Prasad, General Manager (Technology), Essar Steel Limited, Indial Mensan Lawson-Hechelli, Director: Industry and Mines,

Economic Community of West African States, Nigeria

l Senior Representative, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN), Brazill Richard Peckham, Executive Director, International Dry Bulk Terminals Group,United Kingdom

l Alvito D’Souza, Director, Fomento Resources, India

“We believe there is no flexibility in theindustry to deliver more tonnage.”Standard Chartered Equity Research as reported by Metal Bulletin, August 2010

“…capacity constraints and poorconnectivity to inland infrastructure.”The Salva Report on Indian port constraints, May 2010

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Transport & Logistics: Meeting theneeds of the iron ore boom

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IronOreSupply Chain CongressGrowing mining capacity brings increasingly complex transportand logistics solutions. With these developments, the supplychain is at the strategic heart of the business.

An efficient, cost effective supply chain is essential to all miningoperations. This event will provide strategies to optimise yourmine to market process.

Industry leaders will come together to discuss the latest mine tocustomer innovations. Meet an international delegation ofminers, steel producers, shippers and logistic providers.

Setting the agendal Junior and major miners will come together to focus ondeveloping a more efficient supply chain

l Trains, pipelines and barges: hear about key innovations and how they are taking logistics forward

l Logisitics providers: uncover market potential at the firstevent to consider the entire iron ore mine to market process

Shippingl Focus on the volatile shipping sector and the streamlining ofthe port to customer process

l Port congestion: will this be a growing issue in the sector asglobal consumption increases?

Benefits of attending:Understand...the opportunities for the logistical sector from newmining growth

Find solutions...to tackle logistical bottlenecks

Discover...new methods of iron ore transport

Overcome...loading and port congestion challenges

Who should attend?l Minersl Dry bulk shipping and logistic providersl Steel producers: form a stronger understanding of iron oreprovision; secure a stable supply and build lastingrelationships with the mining industry

l Equipment manufacturersl Consultants, geologists, traders and service providers

Why Bali?A centre point between the Australian and Indian mines andthe Chinese mills. This is your chance to meet aninternational delegation of miners, logistic providers andsteel producers.

Day One:Thursday 24 February 2011

09:00 Chairman’s opening remarks:Mark Bell, Director – Consulting, Hatch, Australia

09:15 Keynote Papers

Session I:Levels of supply: The growth oflogistical operations to deal withincreasing demand

09:15 Mine development in emerging economies: A case study on West Africa, the new frontier?• Where is West African mine development heading?• Permits: political conflicts, is another Simandou possible?• Crime, violence and civil wars: security risks and their economic impact

• Growth of iron ore mining in West Africa and opportunities for themining and logistics industry

Mensan Lawson-Hechelli, Director: Industry and Mines,Economic Community of West African States, Nigeria

09:45 India outlook: Practical and political factors affectingIndian supply• Export versus national demand• Infrastructure developments• Environmental challenges affecting Indian miningNirmal Mathur, Advisor, Jindal Steel and Co-ChairmanFederation of Indian Chambers of Commerce andIndustry, India

10:15 Building capacity to meet global demand: A Brazilian case study• Will capacity meet global hunger for iron ore?• Successful development of operationsSenior Representative, CSN, Brazil

10:45 China: Securing supply• Chinese growth: will it continue to lead the market in iron oreconsumption?

• Where Chinese domestic output is heading and what it means forthe supply chain

• The deteriorating quality of iron ore in China• Partnering agreements and vertical integration: the future of project finance

Bi Fan, General Manager – Iron Ore, Minmetals, China

11:15 Coffee and networking break

Session II:Creating a strong supply chain

12:00 Global vertical integration trends: Opportunities for supply chain integration• Steel operations: controlling iron ore supply• The benefits of vertical integration to the supply and logistics chain• Integration as a growing trend in the steel industryAbhijit Chaudhuri, Director – Supply Chain Management,Ispat Industries Ltd, India

12:30 Creating infrastructure: Overcoming the hurdles• Infrastructure growth to support steel capacity build up in India• Challenges facing the raw material supply chain • Tackling fuel efficiency, water and energy issuesK. K. Pahuja, General Manager (Operations), Steel Authority of India Limited, India

13:00 Networking lunch

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Session III:Logistical challenges: Cost andefficiency analysis of supply chaininfrastructure

14:30 Rail transport: A case study on the Indian rail network• Increasing axel weight bearing to deliver greater capacity• Capacity constraints: dealing with demand growth• Continuing high costs for freight transportB. Srivatsa, Vice President of Logistics and Marketing,MSPL Limited, India

14:50 Barging iron ore: A case study on operations in Goa• Barging as an effective transport method for iron ore• Goa

– Dredging operations on Goa’s river ways– Increasing repair facilities– Getting past the foul season

• The use of barging elsewhere in India: where can it beimplemented?

Atul Jadhav, President,Goa Barge Owners Association, India

15:10 Roads and Alliances: Alternatives to infrastructure accessin Australia• Efficient use of road trains as a viable alternative to the railroad• Infrastructure alliances as an important part of the logistics chainKen Brinsden, Chief Operations Officer, Atlas Iron, Australia

15:30 Slurry Pipelines: The future of fines transport?• Pipelines: reducing costs and bypassing infrastructure constraints• Implementation challenges• Environmental and safety benefitsA. S. Prasad, General Manager (Technology), Essar Steel Limited, India

15:50 Questions and answers from the audience and conference chair

16:10 Networking coffee break

16:40 Overcoming challenges when developing a logisticschain: Junior and mid-tier miners panel• Gaining access to competitors infrastructure• Constructing new logistics operations• Joint ventures• Ports: acquiring terminal space to export iron oreMartin Chapman, Director – Corporate, Cashmere Iron, AustraliaDr Didik Sucahyo Oei, CEO, Harvestindo, IndonesiaFurther panelists to be confirmed

17:40 Chairman’s closing remarks and close of day one

Day Two:Friday 25 February 2011

09:15 Chairman’s opening remarks:Dr Damon O’Brien, Regional Director, Maritime and Ports,URS/Scott Wilson, United Kingdom

Session IV09:30 Iron Ore’s ever increasing value: Unexpected

consequences• Implications for transport and logistics• Shipping and transport: the increasing value of iron ore• Will this rise in value continue?

– Commodity super cycle demand driving value– Demand and supply patterns filling all the ships to bedelivered

• Unexpected consequences for the steel industryMark Bell, Director – Consulting, Hatch, Australia

Session V:‘Live and die on volatility:’ The shipping and loading sector

10:00 Oversupply or over demand: The future of dry bulkshipping?• Market forecasting• Potential overcapacity in the freight sector• New ships: scenarios for order cancellation and scrapping• A look to the future: the widening of the Panama Canal and thepotential impact to the iron ore industry

Ralph Leszczynski, Head of Research, Banchero Costa Group, China

10:30 Coffee and networking break

Session VI:Ships and terminals: Congestion,new designs and loading

11:00 Dry bulk terminals: Development and demand• Meeting the growing global demand for iron ore exports• Captive fleets: how will ships that are designed for iron oretransportation impact terminals?

• Terminal design: operational efficiencies for enhanced vessel turnround

Richard Peckham, Executive Director, International Dry Bulk Terminals Group, United Kingdom

11:30 A case study on Fomento Resources’ port operations: The floating crane – the new link in the Goan iron oreindustry supply chain• Dealing with capacity constraints: floating cranes• Further initiatives to increase export during the monsoon season• Port expansion: developments at Mormugao portAlvito D’Souza, Director, Fomento Resources, India

12:00 Port congestion: A serious issue for the supply chain?• Floating terminals and transhipment• Shallow drafts, wider berths: the advantages, problems andpotential of the new ship design

• International port infrastructure– Where are the key developments?– Will they cope with the potential demand growth?

Michael Yuen, Head of Shipping & Logistics, IMC Shipping, China

12:30 Chairman’s closing remarks

12:45 Close of conference followed by networking lunch

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