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Agenda

March 25

12:00-14:00 Sign in

14:00-17:00 Company Matchmaking

■ SMM introduces customers to you as long as you fill in the information about sales or purchase requirements

■ Company introduction – purchase requirement – communication

■ Conference proceedings and suppliers and buyers information will provide more business opportunities for you!

■ Small meeting room for exchange of supply & demand information

More orders are waiting for you at SHANGHAI COPPER & ALUMINUM SUMMIT – a gathering of mining companies, smelters, processors, traders and end users!

18:00-20:00 Dinner buffet

 

March 26 Main Conference Hall

09:00-09:30 Opening address

09:30-11:00 Influence of Global Political and Economic Conditions on Commodities

Background: The US dollar has been strengthening against tumbling crude oil prices, Russian crisis and continued US recovery. Will the Fed continue to tighten monetary policies? Will low inflation rate in the US and Fed’s potential interest rate hike place greater pressure on copper prices in 2015?

Tentative speaker: Tao Dong, Managing Director and Chief Regional Economist for non-Japan Asia at Credit Suisse

11:00-11:45 China Economic Restructuring against“New Normal”

Background: China’s economic reform will speed up under the background of “New Normal”. Economy will growth at a medium to high pace, and quality, instead of quantity, will become the focus of economic growth. China’s economic development should be mainly driven by innovation in the futures, and fine-tuning may take the place of massive stimulus measures.

Tentative speaker (speech and Q&A): China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association

12:00-13:30 Lunch buffet

13:30-15:30 Opportunities and Challenges Confronting Chinese Economy in 2015

Background: In 2015, global economy may continue to grow mildly and unevenly. In China, although the economy still has great growing potential, but the economic restructuring may post challenge to its growth. Downward pressure on Chinese economy will loom. Besides, risks remain in housing and financial markets.

Tentative speaker:
Wang Depei,
Vice President of China Society of Economic Reform
Zhang Liqun: Researcher at Department of Macroeconomic
Research of Development Research Center of the State Council

15:30-16:00 Tea break

16:00-16:45 China Monetary Policies and Other Pro-Growth Measures in 2015

Background: Chinese government should fine-tune its policies according to economic and financial conditions in 2015. Will China’s central bank loosen monetary policy in 2015 against slower economic growth? Is it possible for the central bank to cut interest rate again to bring down funding costs and deal with Fed’s interest rate hike?

Tentative speaker:
Zhang Xinyuan, General Manager of Trade & Finance
of Bank of China Shanghai Branch

16:45-17:15 New Risk Control Tool for Metal Trading in Shanghai Free Trade Zone

Tentative speaker: Shanghai Clearing House

18:00-20:00 Banquet

 

March 27 Aluminum Session

09:00-09:45 Impact of Bauxite Supply in China and Overseas on Aluminum Industry

■ Indonesia’s export ban on unprocessed ores has significant impact on alumina market.

■ Indonesia used to be responsible for 10-15% of global bauxite supply and ship half of its bauxite to China- the world’s largest aluminum producer. How will Indonesia’s export ban shape raw material use structure for Chinese alumina refineries?

09:45-10:25 Status Quo and Development Trend of Alumina Refineries

■ China’s alumina supply is expected to remain in shortfall in 2015? How will China fill the void?

■ Alumina prices in China bottomed out in 2014? Will the rally be sustainable in 2015?

■ China’s Inner Mongolia has begun small-scale alumina production from alumina-rich coal ash. What are the costs of alumina production from coal ash? Will coal ash become a substitute for bauxite?

Speaker (confirmed): Liu Xiaolei, aluminum analyst at SMM

10:25-11:05 China Aluminum Industry Review in 2014 and Outlook for 2015

■ Will falling aluminum prices in China in late 2014 trigger massive production cuts in 2015?

Speaker (confirmed): Wang Chunhui, aluminum analyst at SMM

11:05-11:45 Impact of the LME’s New Warehousing Rules on Global Aluminum Supply and Prices

■ Will the LME’s new load-in/load-out warehousing rules push up the amounts of aluminum ingots shipped out of LME-registered warehouses and shorten warehouse queues? Will new rules change financing trade model? What’s the impact on aluminum premiums in international market?

Tentative speaker: LME

12:00-13:30 Buffet Lunch

13:30-14:00 Development Trend for Aluminum Processing Industry in 2015

■ How should Chinese aluminum extruders cope with sluggish property market and falling profits?

■ China’s aluminum plate/sheet, strip and foil exports grew rapidly in 2014. Will strong growth extend into 2015?

■ China has issued national standards for aluminum alloy cable. Will substituting aluminum for copper in UHV cable gain ground in 2015?

■ Will development of aluminum aerospace aluminum sheet, automotive aluminum sheet, aluminum alloy wheel rim, aluminum alloy construction formwork and aluminum foil used in lithium batteries help ease problems confronting China’s aluminum processing industry?

Tentative speaker: Ma Shiguang, Secretary General at China Non-ferrous Metals Fabrication Industrial Association (CNFA)

14:00-14:30 Applications and Innovation in Secondary Aluminum Industry

■ Will China’s scrap aluminum imports continue to drop in 2015? Have secondary aluminum alloy producers changed raw material use structure?

■ Steadily falling secondary aluminum alloy prices in China have squeezed profit margins sharply. Will technical upgrade be the way out?

■ Will growing applications of aluminum die-castings drive secondary aluminum alloy consumption?

Tentative speaker: Li Shilong, (China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association Recycling Metal Branch (CMRA)

14:30-15:30 Interview: What’s the Demand Outlook for Aluminum Market?

Tentative companies:
■ Aluminum smelters: Chalco, China Power Investment Corporation, Yunnan Aluminium Co, Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co.

■ Aluminum extruders: Guangdong Feng Aluminum Co., Guangdong Xingfa Aluminium Co., AsiaAlum Holdings Limited, Guangdong JMA Aluminium Profile Factory (Group) Co., Guangya Aluminum Co., Ltd.

■ Aluminum FRP producers: Henan Mingtai Al. Industrial Co., Nanshan Light Alloy Co., Zhenjiang Dingsheng Aluminium Industries Joint-Stock Limited, Zhongfu Industrial Co., Henan Wanda Aluminum Co.

■ Wire and cable producers: ZTT Group, Far East Cable Co., Henan Tong-Da Cable Co., Jiangsu Shangshang Cable Group

■ Secondary aluminum producers: Shanghai Sigma Metals, Inc, Ye Chiu Metal Recycling (China) Ltd., Natong Hongjin Metal Aluminum Co., Chongqing Shunbo Aluminum Alloy Co.

■ End users: China Vanke Co., Greenland Group, BYD Auto Co., Dongfeng Motor Corporation

■ Governments/associations: Zhengzhou Research Institute of Chalco,
China Electrical Equipment Industry Association

15:30-18:00 Visit to bonded warehouses in Shanghai Free Trade Zone

18:00-20:00 Dinner buffet

Meeting concludes

 

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