CIS Coal Summit

Highlights / Key Themes


  • INDUSTRY LEADERS PANEL DEBATE - Industry leaders from the key players in the CIS coal sector will debate some of the burning issues of the day.

  • What are the future opportunities for the CIS coal industry? What are the potential stumbling blocks? What steps should the industry take to remain globally competitive?

  • KEY EXPORT MARKETS - Russia’s and Mongolia’s future coal exports to China.

  • How to secure new production and transportation capacity for the recently agreed Moscow-Beijing Agreement on planned coal exports of 20mt annually for the next 20 years?

  • SPOTLIGHT ON: Strategies for Raising Finance on the capital markets:

  • What are the optimal capital-raising strategies for CIS coal producers in current market conditions? IPOs in the CIS coal sector: recent case studies and forecasts for deals planned for 2011/12.

  • OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY and MODERNISATION: Key players in the CIS coal industry will debate the issues of Economic efficiency:

  • the challenge of reducing the costs of exploration, assessment, production and transportation, whilst maintaining and improving product quality and service levels.

  • FOCUS ON HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN COAL MINING.

  • New policy and regulatory developments in the advancement of clean coal: Government-business partnerships for collaborating on new technologies, creating incentives to stimulate private sector interest in delivering the economics for clean coal projects.

Key speakers in 2011 include:

Anna Belova
Anna Belova Member of the Board, Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development Director SUEK
Zhang Jianping, Dr.
Zhang Jianping, Dr. Director, Dept. of International Economic Cooperation IIER, NDRC, People’s Republic of China
Ismail A. Khan
Ismail A. Khan Joint Adviser on Coal Government of India, Planning Commission
Andrej Borschevich
Andrej Borschevich General Director Evraz Yuzhkuzbassugol
Yuriy Podturkin
Yuriy Podturkin Director, State Commission for Reserves of Natural Resources Ministry of Natural Resources, Russian Federation