In the past year, the Chinese steel industry succeeded in a V-shaped recovery from the most severe economic crisis since World War II. China’s crude steel production in 2009 reached 567.8 million tons, an increase of 13.5% on 2008; a record annual crude steel production figure for a single country. China’s share of world steel production continued to grow in 2009 producing 47% of world total crude steel, an increase of 9 percentage points compared to 2008. In 2009, world crude steel production decreased 8.0% in total.

China Iron & Steel Association forecasts a 10% increase for crude steel production in 2010. As the largest producer and consumer of manganese alloys, China plays a key role in the world steel and manganese industry. There are problems in China that must be resolved. Both the manganese alloys and electrolytic manganese industries face huge capacity surplus. How will the government’s policies on economic structure upgrade will influence the manganese industry?

Topics to be discussed in the summit:

Topic：Stainless steel market performance and manganese-series products demand and supply

Guests to participate:

Guangxi Liuzhou Steel Group, Materials Supply Dept.

Hunan Hualin Lianyuan Steel Inc.

Shandong Taishan Steel Group, Supply & Sales Co., Ltd.

Henan Qingshan Jinghui Stainless Steel Industries Co., Ltd.

Analysis and Forecast on Supply & Demand of Imported Manganese Ore in China

---- Wang Hong, General Manager, Shanghai Jinneng Resources Co., Ltd

1. Review and analysis into Electrolytic Manganese Metal market in China in 2009

2. Analysis into supply and demand of ferromanganese

3. Main suppliers of manganese ore and the consumer market performance

4. Analysis into global manganese ore supply and perspective