8th Metals Outlook & Market Trends 2016April 20th, 2016 at Hotel Hilton International, Andheri

7th Metals Outlook & Market Trends 2015Hotel Hilton Mumbai International Airport, Mumbai

20th March, 2015

09.00 – 9.20 AM Registration

Inaugural

09.20 – 09.30 AM Welcome AddressBina Verma, CEO & Group Editor – MMR Publications

09.30 – 9.45 AM Lighting of the Lamp

Opening Session

09.45 – 10.10 AM Global metals outlookG. Chandrashekhar, Associate Editor, The Hindu Business Line

10.10 – 10.30 AM Policies & guidelines Parveen Kumar Singhal, Jt. Managing Director, MCX

10.30 – 10.50 AM Impact of currency market on metal prices Naveen Mathur, Associate Director – Commodities & Currencies, Angel Broking

10.50 – 11.10 AM Foreign trade policy impacts on domestic metal industry Dr Susmita Dasgupta, Jt. Chief Economist, ERU, Joint Plant Committee, Ministry of Steel, Government of India

11.10 – 11.30 AM Networking tea break

Discussion Session

Analysis, Impact and Implications of Union Budget 2015-16

11.30 – 12.15 PM Moderated by: Naveen Mathur, Associate Director – Commodities & Currencies, Angel Broking

Panellists: G. Chandrashekhar, Associate Editor, The Hindu Business Line

Jayant Acharya, Director – Commercial & Marketing, JSW Steel

Lovkesh Bhatia, GM – Strategic Marketing, Hindalco Industries

Sanjeev Ranjan, MD, International Copper Association of India

9.00 to 9.15 am Registration

9.15 to 9.30 am Welcome AddressBy Ms Bina Verma, CEO & Group Editor, MMR Publication

9.30 to 11.15 am Discussion

Macro views on metal demand, supply, currency, policy and pricing (Domestic and Global markets)• G Chandrashekhar, Economic Advisor, Indian Merchants’ Chamber, Member, SEBI Commodity Derivatives Advisory Committee

• Dr. Ajit Ranade, Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group

• Naveen Mathur, Associate Director – Comm. & Currency, Angel Commodities

• Dr. A S Firoz, Chief Economist, Joint Plant Committee, Ministry of Steel

• Kunal Shah, Head of Commodity Research, Nirmal Bang

11.15 to 11.30 am Keynote Address: Regulatory perspective : S K Mohanty, Executive Director, SEBI

TEA BREAK

11.45 to 12.45 pm Panel Discussion I

Union Budget impacts on metals industry• Union budget announcement on inverse duty structure• Policy reforms to minimize cheaper import• Tariff reforms on Metal Industry • Govt. measures to bridge the gap of unfair price level & minimize surplus

Moderated by: G Chandrashekhar,

Panellist : • J C Laddha, Group Exe. President – Head of Copper Business, Hindalco Industries• Jayant Acharya, Director – Commercial & Marketing, JSW Steel• Jayant Kumar, Dy.Cheif Marketing Officer, Hindustan Zinc• Lovkesh Bhatia, GM – Strategic Marketing, Hindalco Industries

12.50 to 1.30 pm Session I : Steel capacity & price risk management

Steel - Charlotte Rao, Associate Editor, Steel Platts, McGraw HillRisk management - Nagaraj Meda, MD, Transgraph Consulting

LUNCH BREAK

2.15 to 3.00 pm Session II : Stock market analysis of metal companies

Synergy between commodity & equity Market• G Chandrashekhar

3.00 to 4.00 pm Panel Discussion II : Voice & woes of metals industry

Moderated by: Yatinder Suri, Country Head, Outokumpu India

Panellist : • Sanjeev Ranjan, MD, International Copper Association India• Sanjay Mehta, Director, MTC Group• Dhawal Shah, Director, Metco Marketing (INDIA)• Jayant Kumar, Dy.Cheif Marketing Officer, Hindustan Zinc • Praveen Nagarsheth, President, Iron, Steel Scrap Shipbreakers Asso. of India

4.00 to 4.30 pm Open Discussion Summing up the seminar with the futuristic views on metals industry by G Chandrashekhar.

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