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'Asian Steel Conference' is now an established event and is seen as the biggest gathering of iron & steel industry professionals in Asian region. Steel business houses from not only Indian sub-continent but also from other regions like China, gulf, SE Asia, Europe participate to make this interaction more meaningful and complete. The conference will address itself to the issues of prime importance to the steel industry in Asian region.
Any change in finished steel prices has a cascading effect and it influences the whole supply chain. Raw material prices, which were also shooting out of the roof for quite some time, have also started settling down. Today, iron ore and coal linkage along with met coke availability are the largest factors influencing the prospects of any company. What are the short term and long term perspectives regarding steel raw materials ?
The international trade is slowly getting dominated by value added products day by day. Also, the winds of liberalisation are reaching developing countries opening new markets for steel products. Which are these new products ? Where are the emerging markets ? Where will the international steel trade reach by 2005 ?
The viability, longitivity and growth of any manufacturing based business largely depends on technology. Technology can be the strongest driver of cost competitiveness and can provide the required cutting edge to overcome the competition. What is the right technology for a particular product ? How local conditions affect the selection of technology ? How much should be the 'cost of technology'?
These and many other prime issues, country profiles, success stories, technology updates will make the event meaningful, informative and thus IMPORTANT.
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