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“CIS coal 2008”: facts, events, summaries
Main themes of the conference
- energy coal market
- coke and coking coal markets
- coal transportation
- technologies, equipment, quality
Participants: 322 delegates from206 companies, representing 20 countries
Working program: 5 sessions, 20 reports (speeches);
Novelty - negotiations in the conference offices:
Representatives of Seversteel-Resurs, Evraz-Resurs, Donetslsteel MZ, DTEK, Cargill managed more then 90 meetings with the delegates of the conference
Key factors and trends of 2008, discussed at the conference:
- high demand and prices for energy raw materials, forecast - steady growth
- swift rise in coking coal prices, forecast- prices will continue to grow
- growth in freight rates and rail road transportation rates, market demand taking over infrastructure possibilities, forecast – freight owners will have to increase transportation expenses.
- most discussed thesis: prices for pig iron and steel will reach its high point in 2008, in 2009-2010 we should expect stabilization on the markets of steel and raw materials.
  
  
  
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