1st China International Coking Technology and
Coke Market Congress 2002

Sept.17-19,2002

General Congress Schedule

　　Metallurgical Council of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (MC－CCPIT) is proud to announce the forthcoming "1st China International Coking Technology and Coke Market Congress 2002" during the Sept. 17-19 period of 2002 in Beijing, P. R. China,with China Iron and Steel Association(CISA) and the China Coking Industry Association (CCIA)as the hosts.

Currently, China has become the world largest coke producing and exporting country, with its annual production ranging from 120 to 130 million tons, and its annual export maintaining above 20 million tons. The order and stability of the global coke market is very much influenced by China's coke export. Yet there are existing problems such as poor product quality, waste of valuable resources, over-production, environmental pollution, etc. with China's coke-making industrial sector. In order to maintain a long-term and stable momentum for China's coke export, and to improve & ensure the product quality, China has already adopted all-round rectifying measures to curb the random and unchecked production of poor quality coke products.

To adapt to the situation changes resulting from China's entry into the WTO, to help China's coking industry and its related products make a further step toward the world market, to widely introduce and adopt relevant advanced domestic & overseas technology and management experience so as to ensure a sustainable and healthy development of China's coking industry, it has been of utmost importance for China's coking industrial sector to gain a deeper understanding of the status-quo and developing tendency of the world coking industry and the coke product market.

Against this background, China Iron and Steel Association (CISA),China Coking Industry Association (CCIA), Metallurgical Council - CCPIT (MC-CCPIT) have decided to hold the "1st China International Coking Technology and Coke Market Congress 2002" in Beijing, China during the Sept. 17-19 period of 2002. The Congress will create a forum for industrial experts and relevant personnel to study and exchange ideas on issues such as the global coke market supply/demand, its price fluctuation trend, coke product trade, state-of-the-art coke-making technology & equipment, potential JV & cooperative coking projects, environmental protection, etc. with the aim to gradually standardize the production and export of China's coke-making industrial sector. If you are interested in being one step ahead of your competitors, attendance at this congress is mandatory.

To ensure a success of the Congress, an organization committee has been set up with its composition as follows:

Honorary Chairman:
Mr. Wu Xichun, Chairman of China Iron and Steel Association(CISA)

Executive Chairman:
Mr. Wu Jianchang, Deputy Chairman of China Iron and Steel Association(CISA)

Committee Members:

Ⅰ.Key issues to be addressed on Sept. 18, 2002 by our specially-invited panel of experts at home and abroad are as follows:

• Introduction of the world coke production capacity and analysis of the prospective world coke market situation;
  Current production & operation and development strategies of China's integrated iron and steel enterprises, and their demand for metallurgical coke;
• Development status-quo of China's coking industry and corresponding measures taken to ensure its sustainable development;
• World regional production, demand/supply and trade of coking coal and metallurgical coke;
  Briefing of industrial policies for China's coke trade and JV & cooperative coking projects in the wake of China's entry into WTO;
• The coking industry status-quo in China's Shanxi province and the strategic readjustment for its future development;
• Briefing on the technical progress of coke-making process and the coke-making equipment status-quo;
  Demanding requirements on China's coke-making process, technology and equipment raised by China's industrial environmental protection policies;
• End-users' demand and new requirements for coke product quality. And …, etc.

At this stage, specially-invited speeches already confirmed at home and abroad are as follows:

Ⅱ.Besides offering the chance to listen to the views and opinions of our specially-invited Congress panel of experts on Sept. 18 as the first day session of the Congress, the Congress Organization Committee will also organize activities of technical, production and trade exchanges on Sept. 19, the second day of the Congress, centering on themes as follows:

• State-of-the-art coke-making technology & equipment and coke oven operation;
• Heat-recovery coke-making technology and consistent coke product quality;
• Coking plant gas cleaning & utilization as well as by product downstream processing and utilization;
• Latest technological R & D on environment protection, energy saving and water saving in the coke-making industry;
• Introduction of technology and experience of coke oven repair and maintenance and service life extension;
• Researches on varieties of refractory material used in coke ovens;
• Application and popularization of coke-making meters and instrumentations;
• Briefing on coke production and sourcing;
• Coke product export trade,.
  And …, etc.

Several parallel technical, production and trade workshops will be arranged to create chances for potential interested companies and institutes to publicize and promote various coke-making technologies & equipment and trade as well. This event will offer your company a prime opportunity to reach China's coke producers, traders and end-users who are ready to hear about the new products and services you have to offer.

Due to limited number of application slots for the technical, production and trade workshops, we encourage early application with us by interested companies. Please submit your proposed exchange title together with an abstract no later than the end of May, 2002. An email version of your complete presentation together with translation should be emailed to the Congress Organization Committee officeno later than July 19, 2002 for compiling and printing purpose.

The Workshops charging standard for overseas companies will be US$ 600/per 40 minutes (including consecutive translation time and Q & A session) for each presentation topic registered with us, in order to cover costs such as workshop organization fee, working lunch, workshop site-renting, interpretation, etc. We advise that the presenting time (excluding the translation and Q & A time) for each topic be controlled within 20 minutes.

At this stage, applied Workshops presentations already confirmed from home and abroad are as follows