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Conference • 25-27 June 2012Marina Mandarin,Singapore

7th Asian

Key speakers:l Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR – Steel and Metals Market Research, Austria l Bernardo Velázquez, CEO, Acerinox S.A., Spain l Ramesh Nair, President & Executive Director, JSL Stainless Ltd., India l Lu Ping, Assistant to General Manager, Stainless Steel Business Unit,

Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd, China l Senior representative, POSCO Research Institute, South Korea l Yosuke Sakai, General Manager,

NSSC – Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation, Japan l Senior Representative, POSCO-Thainox, Thailand l Angel Ramirez, Steel Commodity Purchasing Director – Global,

Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies GmbH, Germany l Gaetano Ronchi, Senior Consultant, IKEA Components AB, Sweden l William Yew, Division Manager for Technical Support,

Mitsubishi Elevator (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Singapore l Richard Matheson, Executive Director,

Australian Stainless Steel Development Association (ASSDA), Australial Kang In Soo, General Manager,

Tianjin Taigang Daming Metal Products Co Ltd, China l Bonnie Liu, Head of Macquarie China Commodities Research,

Macquarie Capital Ltd, Singaporel Dong Shutong, Chairman and CEO,

China Nickel Resources Holdings Company Limited, Chinal Paul Gielen, Sales Director, Cronimet, Belgium l Austin Brown, Director of Metals Strategy, BlueGold Capital Management LLP, UK l Nicole Kinsman, Technical Director,

IMOA – International Molybdenum Association, UKl Cengiz Onal, Sales Manager, Yildirim Holding Inc., Turkey l Shashikant Modi, Senior Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing, Viraj

Profiles Ltd, India l Benedikt Niemeyer, CEO, Schmolz-Bickenbach, Germanyl Robert Chen, Chairman & CEO, GMTC-Gloria Material Technology Corpl Sunil Widge, Senior Vice President – Strategic Business Development & GovernmentAffairs, Carpenter Technology Corp., USA

l Wang Haijun, President, Shanghai Dingxin Investment (Group) Co Ltd (subsidiary of Tsingshan Iron and Steel), China

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Conference • 25-27 June 2012Marina Mandarin, Singapore

7th Asian Key issues to be presented anddiscussed include:

1 How has the European credit crisis andslow recovery of US economy affectedstainless steel exports from Asia?

2 What industry re-organisation is happeningin Asia?

3 Analysis of China’s growth segments andwhere will we see saturation?

4 Will India become the next stainless steelpowerhouse?

5 What are the positions and strategies forplayers in South East Asia?

6 Australia – markets and applications down-under.

7 End-use developments- automotive,elevator, houseware, petrochemical, oil &gas etc.

8 Raw material challenges and riskmanagement: nickel, NPI, scrap, Nb,molybdenum, ferrochrome flat and long products: market outlook and newproduct dev.

9 Flat and long product: market outlook andnew product developments.

Forthcoming events:

Asian Ferro-alloys27-29 March 2012JW Marriott, Hong Kong

Minor Metals Asia29-30 May 2012The Langham, Hong Kong

International Stainless Steel12-15 September 2012Sheraton, Stockholm

Metal Bulletin Events and SMR’s AsianStainless Steel Conference is Asia’s foremoststainless & special steel industry summit,attended by decision makers from the regionand internationally.

Seventh in the series, the conference will gatherleading industry experts to examine the latestmarket trends across Asia and define the newdirection for Asian stainless steel at today’scross road.

Asia has become the focal point of the stainlesssteel industry over the last 10 years. However,despite rapid growth, production capacities farexceed regional demand, to the tune of 9million tonnes per year. The Asian stainlesssteel industry will need to address restructuringinside and outside China, just as their counter-parts in Europe and North America do.

At the same time, approximately 2/3 of world-wide growth (1.5 mill tonnes in 2012) will takeplace in China (+830,000t) and other parts ofAsia (+200,000t) this year, confirming the regionas the growth engine of the global stainlesssteel industry. The 2-day conference willaddress all relevant commercial issues forStainless Flat Products, Raw Materials and LongProducts, and offer the biggest networkingplatform in this industry, in Asia, in 2012.

Note: This programme is provisional only and both timings and content may be subject to change.

Tuesday 26th June08:00 Registration desk opens

Session I: Stainless Steel FlatProducts – Keynote Panel

08:30 Chairperson’s opening remarks and market overviewFacts and figures for long & flat products – Outlook 2013Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR – Steel and Metals Market Research, Austria

09:00 Keynote: Bahru Stainless – A new star on theAsian stainless stageBernardo Velázquez, CEO, Acerinox S.A., Spain

09:30 India – The next stainless powerhouseRamesh Nair, President & ExecutiveDirector, JSL Stainless Ltd., India

09:50 China – Driving forces for continuous growth Lu Ping, Assistant to General Manager,Stainless Steel Business Unit, Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd, China

10:10 Panel Q&A

10:30 Refreshment break

11:00 POSCO’s strategy to become a global leader Senior Representative,POSCO Research Institute, South Korea

11:20 Success with new productsYosuke Sakai, General Manager, NSSC – Nippon Steel & Sumikin StainlessSteel Corporation, Japan

11:40 Updates on ThailandSenior Representative,POSCO-Thainox, Thailand

12:00 Panel Q&A

12:20 Lunch

Session II: Stainless Steel End-use Panel

13:30 Chairperson’s opening remark Wolfgang Lipp, Managing Director, SMI

End-use panel 113:40 Stainless steel in exhaust systems

Angel Ramirez, Steel CommodityPurchasing Director – Global, Faurecia Emissions Control TechnologiesGermany GmbH, Germany

14:00 Stainless steel for house ware 2012-2015Gaetano Ronchi, Senior Consultant, IKEA Components AB, Sweden

14:20 Stainless steel tube and pipe for petrochemicaland oil & gas industryChen Jun, Sales Manager for South EastAsia, Zhejiang Jiuli Hi-Tech Metals Co Ltd,China

14:40 New developments in elevators and escalators –end user’s view Panelist: William Yew, Division Manager forTechnical Support, Mitsubishi Elevator(Singapore) Pte Ltd, Singapore

14:50 Panel Q&A

15:10 Refreshment break

End-use panel 215:30 Australia – stainless steel application and

market development Richard Matheson, Executive Director,Australian Stainless Steel DevelopmentAssociation (ASSDA), Australia

15:50 Stainless steel supply chain channel in ThailandPrasarn Akarapongpisak, ManagingDirector, Lohakit Metal Public Company Ltd

16:10 Vietnam – the new stainless steel tigerRobert Santurbano, General Manager,Italinox Vietnam Co. Ltd., Vietnam

16:30 Distributor and service center 1. The world’s biggest service center and stainless

steel plate business Kang In Soo, General Manager, Tianjin Taigang Daming Metal Products Co Ltd, China2. Update of a leading distributorJohnson He, Export and Import Director,Yantai Oriental Stainless Steel Industry Co. Ltd., China

17:10 Panel Q&A

17:30 Close of day one

17:40 Cocktail Reception

Note: This programme is provisional only and both timings and content may be subject to change.

Wednesday 27th June08:00 Registration desk opens

Session III: Raw Materials 08:50 Chairperson’s opening remarks

Markus Moll, Managing Director, SMR – Steel and Metals MarketResearch, Austria

09:00 Chinese nickel market outlookBonnie Liu, Head of Macquarie ChinaCommodities Research, Macquarie Capital Ltd, Singapore

09:30 NPI – becoming a global Ni alternativeDong Shutong, Chairman and CEO,China Nickel Resources HoldingsCompany Limited, China

10:00 The changing world of stainless steel scrapPaul Gielen, Sales Director, Cronimet, Belgium

10:20 The secrets of a nickel speculatorAustin Brown, Director of Metals Strategy,BlueGold Capital Management LLP, UK

10:40 Panel Q&A

11:00 Refreshment break

11:20 Nb – a critical componentMariana Perez De Oliveira, Technology Development Engineer, CBMM – Companhia Brasileira deMetalurgia e Mineracao, Brazil

11:40 Sustainable MolybdenumNicole Kinsman, Technical Director, IMOA – International MolybdenumAssociation, UK

12:00 Outlook for Ferro ChromeCengiz Onal, Sales Manager, Yildirim Holding Inc., Turkey

12:20 Panel Q&A

12:40 Lunch

Session IV: Stainless SteelLong Products

13:50 Chairperson’s opening remarks

14:00 Viraj – The one stop value option for all long productsShashikant Modi, Senior Executive VicePresident Sales and Marketing, Viraj Profiles Ltd, India

14:20 Supporting global megatrends with stainlesssteel solutionsBenedikt Niemeyer, CEO, Schmolz-Bickenbach, Germany

14:40 Opportunities everywhereRobert Chen, Chairman & CEO, GMTC-Gloria Material Technology Corp.

15:00 Focus on high value solutionsSunil Widge, Senior Vice President –Strategic Business Development &Government Affairs, CarpenterTechnology Corp., USA

15:20 Panel Q&A

15:40 Refreshment break

16:00 Opinion of a leading private Chinese millWang Haijun, President, Shanghai Dingxin Investment (Group)Co Ltd (subsidiary of Tsingshan Iron and Steel), China

16:20 Outlook for seamless tubes in power generation Senior Representative, Jiangsu WujinStainless Steel Pipe Group, China

16:40 Chinese mother tubes for the world J.A. Buch, Director, Pranali IndustrialServices Pvt. Ltd., India

17:00 Panel Q&A

17:20 Close of conference

Optional field trip toAcerinox BahruStainless Steel plantMonday, 25 June 2012

In February 2008ACERINOX decidedto introduce a projectto build a new stainlesssteel plant in JohorBahru, Malaysia. The

project is broken down into severalphases and in its last stage will be astainless steel integrated plant with 1 millionMt melting capacity and 600,000 Mt coldrolling capacity.

Currently, Phase 1 is completed withconstruction and is in startup phase. Phase1 comprises of a Combination A&P (Annealand Pickle) line which can process black coiland Cold Rolled material. A ZMill of 5 feetwide to feed the A&P Line. Furtherequipment is related to finishing whichinclude a Skin Pass Mill, Cut to Length linesand a slitting line. The investment in Phase 1was US$ 395 million.

Phase 2 is under construction. This phasecomprises of a cold rolled A&P line and aZmill. The equipment is aimed at thinnergauge material and a specialised A&P Linefor cold rolled material. Investment in thisphase will be in the order of MYR 1 Billion.

Delegates participating in the field trip willdepart from the Marina Mandarin hotel at13.15 sharp on June 25 for the bus drive toAcerinox Bahru Stainless Steel plant. Afterrefreshments and an introduction on arrival,they will tour at the steel plant.

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Provisional itinerary13:00 Gather at Marina Mandarin

hotel lobby

13.15 Depart Marina Mandarinhotel lobby

15:30 Arrive at Acerinox Bahru StainlessSteel plant for refreshments andintroduction

Tour at the plant17:30 Depart Acerinox Bahru Stainless

Steel plant

20:00 Arrive at Marina Mandarinhotel lobby

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