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ITC Maurya, New Delhi
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New Delhi, India
20 ‐ 21 September 2016
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Agenda Overview
Day one
Tuesday 20th September 2016
08:00 Registration desk opens
09:00 Chairperson’s opening remarks
Atanu Mukherjee, President, M. N. Dastur & Co (P) Ltd, India
Session I: Government keynotes
09:30 Steel” as a sector – “Domestic & International Market of Raw Material & Finished Product and Evolution
of Indian Steel Industry
Aruna Sharma, Secretary, Ministry of Steel, India
10:00 Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, India
10:30 Networking refreshment break
Session II: Hearing from the executives – keynote steel mill panel
11:15 Keynote producers – driving growth through expansion and development
Expansion and growth plans for the big producers
How will government initiatives spur growth?
What are the challenges and opportunities the Indian steel sector is facing, now and in the future? Power supply,
raw materials, global commodities prices?
What new products and processes are being pioneered by Indian steel mills?
Ranjan Dhar, Chief Marketing Officer, Essar Steel, India 1
11:35 Digital discovery in steel and mining value chain
Digital disruption what it means for the world at large
Why is it important for the steel industry? Where is the steel industry in the disruption curve?
What are the technologies that are most exciting or transformative for metal and mining?
What are some of the initiatives that companies in mining and metals are taking across the value chain?
What approach has Tata Steel adopted? What are some of the early wins?
What are the things to look out for if you are starting your journey?
Sarajit Jha, Chief Digital Value Acceleration, Tata Steel, India
12:00 Global markets and strategies – how does India fit into steel’s new reality of low
prices and overcapacity?
How competitive are Indian mills on an international level?
What is the impact of an increasingly protectionist global market?
Are there any opportunities for new export markets? Which products in particular?
Rakesh Sharma, Vice President, JSW Steel, India
12:20 Panel Q&A
12:40 Netowrking lunch
Session III: Poised for growth a bright future for Indian Steel
Chairperson
Rahul Prithiani, Director, CRISIL Research, India
14:10 India’s move to rival China as a steel powerhouse – the potential for growth
and the skills required
Is India positioned to take second place in the global league table?
What is the potential for growth 2017 onwards?
Capacity increases and utilisation – by how much will production increase ahead of projections? How will this
potential be realised? What steps need to be taken?
Sushim Banerjee, Director General, Institute for Steel Development & Growth, India
14:40 ‘Make in India’ – new initiatives to cement India’s position as a global
manufacturing hub
What can the steel sector’s contribution be to India’s manufacturing output?
Which opportunities exist for foreign companies?
From concept to reality – how is the initiative expected to play out? What are the markers of success?
15:10 Networking refreshment break
Session V: Raw materials – coking coal
16:45 Coking coal: Supply, resource development and market trends
India’s coking coal resources – domestic reserves and international sources
Consumption of coking coal by the steel industry – can producers keep up?
What new developments are planned for coking coal production in India?
What has been the impact of antidumping duties on Chinese and Australian coke?
As a major buyer what is India’s influence in spot pricing? How will prices develop?
How Vale’s Mozambique production impact the Indian market?
Daisy Tseng, Steel Raw Materials Editor, Steel First, Singapore
Arun Kumar Jagatramka, Chairman & Managing Director, Gujarat NRE Coke Limited, India
17:00 Networking drinks reception and close of day one
Day two
Wednesday 21st September 2016
08:30 Registration desk opens
09:15 Chairperson’s opening remarks
Daisy Tseng, Steel Raw Materials Editor, Steel First, Singapore
Session VI: Raw materials – developments in the iron ore and scrap
industry
09:30 The growth of the Indian ferrous scrap industry
• The lack of a formal ferrous scrap recycling system and how this impacts the Indian steel
sector
• Auto shredding plants – India’s plan to kick start this work
• How are scrap volumes and flows into India expected to change in the future?
SK Tripathi, Advisor, SAIL, India
10:00 Iron ore – domestic market trends
What is the roadmap for ramping up production in Goa, Karnataka and Orissa?
Will private miners be hampered by high costs, low prices and a poor export market?
Is high grade iron ore production adequate for domestic mills’ requirements?
TRK Rao, Commercial Director, NMDC, India
RK Sharma, Secretary General, Federation of Indian Mineral Industries, India
Ujjal Chakraborti, Chief Agglomerates, Tata Steel, India
11:00 Networking refreshment break
11:30 Iron ore pellets – new techniques and operational challenges
An overview of pelletisation techniques
What is the advantage of using pellets in steel making over other iron units?
Are there any issues relating to pellet plants in India?
V. Bobraj Jeyaharan, Senior General Manager Pellets, KIOCL, India
12:00 DRI – can India maintain its leading position?
Will India maintain its position as the top global producer of DRI?
How is this industry likely to develop
DP Deshpende, Managing Director, Tata Sponge, India
12:30 Networking lunch and close of conference
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