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15-17 October 2008Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, Montréal, CanadaThe only annual event bringing together all sectors of the international fluorspar business

For further information contact the Industrial Minerals Events team:Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7779 8905Fax: + 44 (0) 20 7246 5200Email: mbstore@metalbulletin.comOnline: www.metalbulletinstore.com

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• Will demand for fluorspar outstrip supply in the next five years?• Where can we source new fluorspar supplies?• How high will fluorspar prices go?• Will fluorosilicic acid bridge a fluorspar supply demand gap

or become a preferred source of fluorine for the future? • How much has the cost of freight impacted fluorspar prices?• How long can we suffer rising energy costs?• What happened to sulphuric acid?• What can be done to mitigate rising costs across all fronts?• What developments are happening in Central Asia?• Are there any more hurdles on the regulatory and

environmental fronts?• How do we solve the waste anhydrite problem and can we

get value from it? • Is the arbitrage between continents in fluorocarbons production

sustainable and does it matter?• Will there be a fluorspar business in Europe in ten years time?• What strategies do we adopt to sustain our business and

manage risk in an increasingly uncertain world?

$64,000 questions on the minds of industry leaders are:

Interesting times for fluorspar – here to stay!

These are tough questions and they aren’t the only ones! This conference will stimulate discussion on them all and point the way to the future.

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F08Dear ColleagueIndustrial Minerals Events is privileged to host what has become the world’s only gathering of people in the business of producing and using fluorspar. Chosen by popular request at F07, the city of Montreal has special significance in the commercial history of fluorspar and the wider fluorine-based industries. The Montreal Protocol, hailed as the world’s single most successful international agreement, is approaching its twentieth anniversary. Canada, a major fluorspar consuming nation, is also set to become a major producer. After adjusting to the 1980s rise of China as the world’s leading source of low cost fluorspar and the ramifications of the 1989 Montreal Protocol, while freight rates were generally in the doldrums, the post millennia years could not have been more unsettled. Speakers that are recognised authorities in their fields from organisations that are well known to the industry have been selected to stimulate discussion on the key issues facing the sector. Their presentations will not only be informative but, crucially, they are relevant to today’s challenges facing fluorspar producers and users alike. If you have executive responsibilities in fluorspar, producing it or using it, then on 15-17 October 2008 the place to be is the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal! Don’t delay, join over 150 of your peers for high level networking opportunities in Montreal. See the programme for more information and to register please complete the booking form on the back of the brochure.We look forward to meeting you there.

Gerry Clarke, Conference Chairman & Consultant Editor Industrial Minerals

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Interesting times for fluorspar – here to stay!

7% Asia & Australasia

19% Middle East & Africa

28% Americas

46% Europe

Where did 2007 delegates come from?

11.55-12.30 Acidspar from Western Australia – Speewah to fulfil its promiseRichard Wolanski, Director, Niplats Australia Ltd, AustraliaIt’s almost 35 years since fluorspar was produced in Australia and then only on a small scale. Richard Wolanski describes recent work and the next steps to develop the Speewah resource. Will Speewah end the dominance of African nations as the major sources of fluorspar in the southern hemisphere for international markets?

12.30-14.00 Lunch14.00-14.35 The USA on the acidspar map in

Illinois/Kentucky James Watson, Fluorspar Manager, Hastie Mining & Trucking, Illinois, USANot since the mid-1990s has fluorspar been mined in the USA. Now, family-owned Hastie Mining & Trucking, in the fluorspar processing business for generations, is exploiting recently discovered extensive fluorspar reserves in Kentucky. James Watson updates progress with Hastie’s self-financed acidspar operations for domestic markets.

14.35-15.10 Non-fluorspar sources of fluorine – a comparative analysis Roderick Cant, Business Manager and Yves Santa Eugenia, Technology Manager, Buss ChemTech AG, SwitzerlandThe only other commercial source of fluorine, by-product fluorosilicic acid (FSA) from the processing of phosphate ores, has been constrained by high capital and processing costs. Are advances in process technology combined with tight fluorspar supply and consequent rising prices changing in favour of increased FSA production? Buss ChemTech is at the forefront of this alternative route and well placed to make a comparative analysis.

15.10-15.45 Refreshment and networking break15.45-16.20 Fluorspar production in Kazakhstan

Speaker to be confirmed, Ulba Metallurgical Plant Joint Stock Company, Ust-Kamenogorsk, KazakhstanWell known as one of the world’s major producers of uranium and beryllium, niobium, and tantalum products Ulba Metallurgical is also an established producer of hydrofluoric acid and other fluorine chemicals for almost 60 years. In 2006, through its new and wholly-owned Ulba Fluorine Complex LLC, the company also began the mining and processing of fluorspar from near surface deposits at Karadzhal in eastern Kazakhstan. This is an excellent opportunity to gain an in-depth appreciation of Kazakhstan’s fluorspar industry and its markets direct from the source.

16.20-16.55 New and recent developments for acidspar in MongoliaSpeaker to be confirmed, Mongolia

16.55-17.10 Chairman’s closing remarks: Interesting times for fluorspar – here to stay!Gerry Clarke, Conference Chairman & Consultant Editor, Industrial Minerals

17.10 Close of day one

Wednesday 15 October 2008 Pre-conference industry visit

A relevant visit to a major fluorspar user is in the planning stage. Details will be announced as soon as they are available.

16.00 Registration desk opens

19.00 Welcome reception

Thursday 16 October 2008 Day One: Fluorspar resource developments: Responding to sustained tight supplies

09.00-09.30 Chairman’s opening remarks: Interesting times for fluorspar – here to stay!Gerry Clarke, Conference Chairman & Consultant Editor, Industrial Minerals

09.30-10.05 World fluorspar resources and selected development opportunities in British Columbia George Simandl, Industrial Minerals Specialist, British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines and Petroleum Resources and Adjunct Professor, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaGiven the present tight supply situation for fluorspar this is a timely review of world fluorspar deposit types that provide the best potential for exploration and development under current economic conditions. Known occurrences and some advanced fluorspar projects in British Columbia will be described in this context.

10.05-10.40 Canada Fluorspar full speed ahead Mr. Lindsay Gorrill, President, Burin Minerals, Newfoundland, CanadaThe rebirth of the mine in Newfoundland is now for real. Drilling is ongoing and the final bankable feasibility is on schedule. Product quality, production target, schedule to first shipment, and aspects of financing will be presented. Given present trends and resource characteristics Canada Fluorspar looks set to succeed where others didn’t.

10:40-11.20 Refreshment and networking break

11.20-11.55 The Storuman Fluorspar Project, Sweden – a potential new European source of Fluorspar Patrick Cheetham, Managing Director, Tertiary Minerals, UKSmall volume by-product acidspar from tungsten mining in central Sweden ended in 1990. Does Storuman have what it takes to put Sweden back on the acidspar map with international market significance? Patrick Cheetham explains the commercial prospects, the potential for a low cost mining solution, and a development timeframe.

Where did 2007 delegates come from?

11.55-12.30 Acidspar from Western Australia – Speewah to fulfil its promiseRichard Wolanski, Director, Niplats Australia Ltd, AustraliaIt’s almost 35 years since fluorspar was produced in Australia and then only on a small scale. Richard Wolanski describes recent work and the next steps to develop the Speewah resource. Will Speewah end the dominance of African nations as the major sources of fluorspar in the southern hemisphere for international markets?

12.30-14.00 Lunch14.00-14.35 The USA on the acidspar map in

Illinois/Kentucky James Watson, Fluorspar Manager, Hastie Mining & Trucking, Illinois, USANot since the mid-1990s has fluorspar been mined in the USA. Now, family-owned Hastie Mining & Trucking, in the fluorspar processing business for generations, is exploiting recently discovered extensive fluorspar reserves in Kentucky. James Watson updates progress with Hastie’s self-financed acidspar operations for domestic markets.

14.35-15.10 Non-fluorspar sources of fluorine – a comparative analysis Roderick Cant, Business Manager and Yves Santa Eugenia, Technology Manager, Buss ChemTech AG, SwitzerlandThe only other commercial source of fluorine, by-product fluorosilicic acid (FSA) from the processing of phosphate ores, has been constrained by high capital and processing costs. Are advances in process technology combined with tight fluorspar supply and consequent rising prices changing in favour of increased FSA production? Buss ChemTech is at the forefront of this alternative route and well placed to make a comparative analysis.

15.10-15.45 Refreshment and networking break15.45-16.20 Fluorspar production in Kazakhstan

Speaker to be confirmed, Ulba Metallurgical Plant Joint Stock Company, Ust-Kamenogorsk, KazakhstanWell known as one of the world’s major producers of uranium and beryllium, niobium, and tantalum products Ulba Metallurgical is also an established producer of hydrofluoric acid and other fluorine chemicals for almost 60 years. In 2006, through its new and wholly-owned Ulba Fluorine Complex LLC, the company also began the mining and processing of fluorspar from near surface deposits at Karadzhal in eastern Kazakhstan. This is an excellent opportunity to gain an in-depth appreciation of Kazakhstan’s fluorspar industry and its markets direct from the source.

16.20-16.55 New and recent developments for acidspar in MongoliaSpeaker to be confirmed, Mongolia

16.55-17.10 Chairman’s closing remarks: Interesting times for fluorspar – here to stay!Gerry Clarke, Conference Chairman & Consultant Editor, Industrial Minerals

17.10 Close of day one

12.25-14.00 Lunch14.00-14.35 Developments in fluorocarbon HFC-134a and

HCFC-22 markets – China and the worldRay Will, Senior Consultant, SRI Consulting, San Francisco, USAEurope and Japan, having ratified both the Montréal and Kyoto Protocols, show the world’s least growth in fluorocarbon consumption. The USA, while having signed but not ratified the Kyoto Protocol, is not restricted from using HFCs and consumption is growing. At the same time China’s growing demand for conventional refrigeration, air conditioning, and fluoropolymer production creates a very different paradigm: China is starting up HCFC-22 and HFC-134a plants at the same time Europe is closing them. Continuously monitoring these markets for approaching twenty years, Ray Will is in an unrivalled position to make sense of what is driving the arbitrage in the different regions of the globe and what the portents for the future might be.

14.35-15.10 Sulphur and sulphuric acid supply and prices – what hydrofluoric acid and fluorochemicals producers can expect near and medium term Robert Boyd, Partner, PentaSul Inc., Houston, USA and Barry Clarke, Partner, PentaSul Inc, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.Once in oversupply, sulphur and sulphuric acid demand across many applications in the mineral processing and chemicals manufacturing industries is intense with the cost of these workhorse chemicals having rocketed during the past year. Price is one thing but actual availability has been reported as an issue affecting the fluorine chemicals industry as well as other minerals-based industries. Dedicated to following these markets for over two decades, PentaSul partners, Boyd and Clarke, examine the causes, price trends, and what the future holds.

15.10-15.40 Refreshment and networking break15.40-16.50 Trends in the aluminium and steel industries –

implications for aluminium fluoride and metspar James King, Independent Consultant, Corbridge, UKTrends in the volume and industry structure for aluminium and steel are analysed and conclusions drawn on what impact they will have for aluminium fluoride and metallurgical grade fluorspar.

16.50-17.10 Cost pressures in the aluminium fluoride industry and impact on cost competitiveness Ashok Shinh, Principal Consultant, CRU Group, London, UKRecent increases in the cost of energy and raw materials have placed a severe burden on aluminium fluoride producers and the aluminium industry as a whole. These have altered the economic parameters of the industry that is obliged to cope in a changed world. Industry specialist, Ashok Shinh, having followed these markets for a number of years examines the state of the industry and how it will need to respond.

17.10-17.30 Chairman’s closing remarks: Looking ahead to 2009Gerry Clarke, Conference Chairman & Consultant Editor, Industrial Minerals

17.30 Close of conference

Friday 17 October 2008 Day Two: Market Trends: Responding to pressures on all fronts09.00-09.20 Chairman’s opening remarks:

Interesting times for fluorspar – here to stay!Gerry Clarke, Conference Chairman & Consultant Editor, Industrial Minerals

09.20-09.55 Ocean Freight -- its role and effects in fluorspar trade Carl Lee, Vice President Strategic Planning, Fednav Ltd, Montréal, CanadaAfter the dramatic freight rate rises in the past two to three years how do shipping costs compare between the different fluorspar producing and consuming locations of the world? Are there any ways to mitigate rising freight costs and what are the portents for the future? Strategist, Carl Lee, is at the top of one of the world’s leading shipping organisations and well placed to address these critical questions in depth.

09.55-10.30 An overview of the acidspar supply demand balanceJudith Chegwidden, Managing Director, Roskill Information Services Ltd, London and Peter Huxtable, Consultant, Huxtable Associates, UK Leading minerals information provider, Roskill, combined with minerals industry specialist, Huxtable Associates, bring together the results of current research into acidspar supply and demand. The paper will examine security of supply given continuing constraints on exports from China, the restrictions on sulphuric acid supply and forecast availability from current and new mine operations. The authors will review historical demand from the chemical and aluminium sector and present possible demand scenarios to 2015.

10.30-11.15 Refreshment and networking break11.15-11.50 Fluorine derivatives and European regulations

– impact on the businessVeronique Garny, Cefic Director – Fluorinated Chemicals, European Chemical Industry Council, Brussels, BelgiumThe European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC), representing over 400 individual, corporate and association members involved in the chemicals industry, is in an excellent position to critically assess the fluorine chemicals business in Europe and the pressures it is facing from both regulatory and market origins. Veronique Garny will present details about current constraints and opportunities driven by legislation, whether European or international. The status of concerns facing the industry along with reflection on business changes that have occurred in recent years provides an ideal platform upon which to assess what will happen in the future.

11:50-12.25 Synthetic anhydrite – an added value concept for producers of hydrofluoric acid and aluminium fluorideHelmut Knopp, Owner & Managing Director and Kevin Knopp, Purchasing Manager, Knopp Engineering GmbH, Albertshofen, GermanyIn the European market Knopp Engineering has, over the past 15 years, pioneered the use of by-product anhydrite from hydrofluoric acid manufacture in self levelling screed applications. Achievement of a high quality SLS standard with synthetic anhydrite has, during the past five years, extended its application to the varying conditions of different climatic regimes. Helmut and Kevin Knopp will demonstrate in detail this environmentally attractive added-value solution from one source – taking raw by-product anhydrite to make anhydrite binder and then self levelling screed for final delivery to the building site – an example of making more profit whilst improving environmental protection.

Sponsorship & Exhibition OpportunitiesAre you looking to generate new business? Raise your company’s profile? Or simply meet potential customers face to face? Then you should take advantage of this unique chance to promote your products/services key decision makers in the fluorspar industry. Make sure you stay ahead of the competition and ensure maximum exposure at the event by becoming a sponsor or exhibitor at this event.

What’s available?Exhibition Stand…An exhibition stand gives you the platform to meet face to face with key industry figures and discuss the products and services your company has to offer. Stands are located in a prominent position visible to every attendee.

Welcome Reception Sponsor…Hosting an evening reception during the conference is the perfect way to entertain potential clients and leave them with a night to remember courtesy of your organisation.

Delegate Bag Sponsor…Your logo will be displayed prominently on the conference bag which is distributed to all delegates and speakers, with an option to insert your company brochure.

Delegate Writing Folder Sponsor…Have your logo displayed on the front cover with your company brochure inside, distributed to all delegates and speakers – folders offer high visibility and are used by the attendees after the event.

Refreshment Break Sponsor...This is a high profile opportunity to place your company name at the forefront of the delegates’ minds, raising awareness and placing you one step ahead of your competitors.

To find out more please contact:Roger Cookeon + 44 (0) 20 7779 8905or email: rcooke@metalbulletin.com

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VenueFairmont The Queen Elizabeth, Montréal, CanadaAt the centre of Montréal’s vibrant cultural and commercial district sits the city’s grandest and most gracious hotel – Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth. Located above the train station (Via Rail & AMTRAK) and connected to the extensive underground city of restaurants and cultural attractions.

Contact details:900 Rene Levesque Bluvd. W Montréal, Quebec Canada H3B4A5 Tel: (514) 861 3511 Fax: (514) 954 2296

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Delegate Messenger SystemNetworking Opportunities – this is your chance to speak to other registered delegates and set up important business meetings at the event.

At Industrial Minerals we appreciate the importance of networking at our events. This is why we have created our delegate messenger system. The system helps paid delegates to communicate with one another up to one month before the event. Please make sure you include your email address when registering.

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