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The Eleventh PECC General Meeting
Concurrent Session

Asia-Pacific Steel Trade: Future Directions


September 28, 1995
Beijing, China

 

Thursday, September 28


0900 Update on Developments in the Chinese Steel Industry
  • Mr. Liu Fuzhou, Chief Engineer, Production Department, Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, China

0945 Implications of Developments in the Chinese Steel Industry for Regional Steel and Raw Materials Trade
  • Mr. Peter Crowley, Executive Director, PECC Minerals and Energy Forum

1030 Morning tea

1100 Human Resource Development and Emerging East Asian Steel Industries
  • Dr. Jong-Soon Kang, Research Fellow, POSCO Research Institute, Korea

1145 Constraints on EAF Expansion in China
  • Mr. Dong Yanpeng, Deputy Chief, Information Research Department, China Metallurgical Information & Standardization Institute

1230 Lunch Address
  • HE Xu Daquan, Vice Minister for Metallurgical Industry, China

1400 From Direct Reduction to Direct Smelting – Options for an Expanding China
  • Mr. John Innes, Group Executive, Technological Resources, CRA Limited

1445 Thin Slab and Strip Casting: The continued rise of the Mini Mill
  • Mr. Burkhard Dahmen, General Manager, SMS Concast, Beijing

1530 Implications of New Technologies for Raw Materials Trade
  • Sir Russel Madigan, Chairman, Australia United Steel Industry Pty Ltd

1615 Afternoon tea

1645 Asia Pacific Steel Trade: Issues for the APEC Agenda

Speaker:
  • Dr. Christopher Findlay,   Associate Professor in Economics, University of Adelaide
Panellists:
  • Mr. Paul T. Y. Huang, General Manager, Marketing Admin, China Steel
  • Dr. Jong-Soon Kang, Research Fellow, POSCO