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The 9th Asian Stainless Steel Conference, 4-5 June 2014

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Event: The 9th Asian Stainless Steel Conference

Time: 4 - 5 June, 2014

Address: The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong

International Commerce Centre, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

The conference will cover areas from basic industrial (like stainless steel) to downstream value add products and innovation. Key questions to be answered:

Will the government act against the overcapacity in the stainless steel industry?

State owned versus Private mills - will we see privatizations in China?

How will the Chinese production costs (energy, labor, currency, environmental, etc.) develop in the near term?

How will the price gap - Chinese vs. World - develop in 2014?

Will the government focus move from basic industrial (like steel) to downstream value add products and innovation?

Will the government act against nickel pig iron as a polluting product?

After dumping duties in Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam: Will Asia become the most protectionist market in the world?

When will the industry consolidation in Asia begin?

China exports 2.5 mill t of stainless steel and products approx. 3 mill t of stainless steel today which is more than 1/3 of the production. When and where will these volumes peak?