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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 regions like Indian sub-continent, 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 key 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 ? How big is the role of
logistics ? Where will the international steel trade reach by 2010 ?
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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