Summit speakers will address current challenges and offer future forecasts for industry dynamics

How to overcome current bottlenecks and capacity constraints in railway and port infrastructure? Is new railroad construction in Eastern Siberia on time and on course? 

What are the relative impacts of power generation, steel-making, cement production and exports on coal production and consumption in Russia & the CIS? What are the plans, priorities and new projects of the major coal producers?

Executives invited from SUEK, DTEK, Raspadskaya, Mechel, Evraz and Severstal.

the opportunities offered by growing Asia-Pacific markets, especially China? What are the implications of the Fukushima nuclear accident for Germany's and Japan's coal imports? Can Russia, Ukraine and Mongolia compete globally?

for future volumes and prices? What factors are likely to affect Russian & global end-user demand?