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Registrations are now open for the 9th Coaltrans India...

We look forward to welcoming you at what has become India’s largest coal conference. Join with over 800 fellow delegates to make the most of unrivalled networking opportunities and hear the advice and strategies of the industry’s key players.

Scroll down for further information on key topics of discussion, as well as information on the post-conference fieldtrip to Mundra Port.

Among a high profile line-up of confirmed speakers are:

• The Hon’ble Sriprakash Jaiswal, Minister of State for Coal, Ministry of Coal, Government of India
• Mr V.K Agarwal, Managing Director and CEO, RITES
• Prof.T.L.Sankar, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad
• Partha S Bhattacharyya, Chairman, Coal India Limited
• RS Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director, NTPC Ltd.
• Arun Kumar Jagatramka, Chairman and Managing Director, Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd
• Ahmed Buhari, President and CEO, Coal and Oil Company L. L. C.
• Marcelo Matos, General Manager Marketing and Business Development, Vale
• Madhu Koneru, Executive Vice Chairman, MEC Coal
• Jack Porco, President and Chief Commercial Officer, Xcoal Energy & Resources
• B B Singh, Executive Director (Operations & I/c Special Steel), Steel Authority of India Ltd
• Jeremy Penn, Chief Executive, The Baltic Exchange
• Adam Worthington, Associate Director – Equity Research, Head of Regional Utilities and Coal, Asia, Macquarie Capital (Singapore) Pte. Ltd
• David Heap, Marketing Director, Tanitocoal
• Mr. D.T. Joseph, Former Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, Govt. of India
• Mr. Rajeeva Sinha, Director, Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone Ltd

Driving growth, feeding demand and realising opportunities in India's coal market

The 9th Coaltrans India will address:

Thermal coal and power generation
The scale of India’s ambitious UMPP programme provides many challenges for India’s domestic coal producers. The programme will look at India’s thermal coal requirements in the medium-long term, as well examining key issues surrounding the effective and efficient development of coal blocks.

Exibitors confirmed include:

• Nemag Grabs
• Inchcape Shipping Services
• Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd
• Vale
• DBIS (UK)
• Changsha Kaiyan Instruments Co. Ltd
• Wilhelmsen Ships Service
• Coal and Oil Company
• Karaikal Port (P) Ltd
• Coeclerici
• Evergreen Global Pte. Ltd   
• Verstegen Grabs B.V. Holland
• GAC
• J.M. Baxi & Company
• Platts
• Knowledge Infrastructure Systems Pvt. Ltd
• Inspectorate
• Argus Media
• Scantech International Pty Ltd
• Gujarat Pipavav Port
• International Bunkering Middle East DMCC
• Mundra Port and SEZ Ltd.
• MEC Coal

Registered companies include (as at 16/02/10):

• Abacus Shipping Pvt Ltd
• Abhishek Industries Ltd
• ACC Ltd
• ACT Infraport Ltd
• Action Ispat & Power (P) Ltd
• Adani Enterprises Ltd
• Adityaa Energy Resource Pte Ltd
• Administrative Staff College of India
• Advaita Capital Pvt Ltd
• AES Corporation
• AES India Pvt Ltd
• Agarwal Coal Corporation Pvt Ltd
• Agora International Trading  Co Pte Ltd
• Ambuja Cements Ltd
• Anglo Coal
• Anglo-Asian Shipping Pte Ltd
• ANZ Bank
• Aparant Iron & Steel Pvt Ltd
• Argus Media Group
• Aryacorp Private Ltd
• Austral Coke & Projects Ltd
• AZB & Partners
• Banpu Public Company Limited
• Ben Line Agencies
• BGH Exim Ltd
• Bhatia International Ltd
• BHP Billiton Marketing Services India Pvt Ltd
• Bhushan Steel Limited
• BLA Industries Pvt Ltd
• Blessing Bulk Carriers India
• Bloomberg News
• Bothra Shipping Services
• Braemar Seascope
• Braemar Seascope India Pvt Ltd
• Britmindo
• BRS Singapore Pte Ltd
• Bulk Connections
• Bulk Marine Ltd
• Bulk Trading SA
• Cargill Ocean Transportation
• Cetragpa SNC
• Changsha Kaiyuan Instruments Co., Ltd.
• Churchill Mining Plc
• Clarkson Asia Pte Ltd
• CMC Coal Marketing Company Limited
• Coal & Oil Company
• Coal India Limited
• Coal Preparation Society of India
• Coal Pulse
• Coaltrans Conferences Ltd
• Coastal Energy Pvt Ltd
• Coeclerici SpA
• Copenship (Singapore) Pte Ltd
• Cosmos Shipbroking (HK) Ltd
• Credit Agricole (Suisse) SA
• Crest Maritime Chartering Indian Ocean Ltd
• CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory
• Daiichi Chuo Shipping (Singapore) Pte Ltd
• Danzas China Ltd
• Deutsche Bank AG
• Devendran Coal International (P) Ltd
• Drewry Maritime Services Pvt Ltd
• Dynamic Sales Service International (P) Ltd
• Eastern Bulk Carriers
• Eitzen Bulk (Singapore) Pte Ltd
• Eitzen Bulk Shipping A/S
• Emirates Trading Agency LLC
• Energy Publishing
• Envicoal (Pty) Ltd
• Essel Mining & Industries Ltd
• ETA India Ltd
• ETA Star Coal India Pvt Ltd
• Fearnleys A/S
• Fearnleys Thailand
• Fednav Limited
• Finolex Infrastructure Ltd
• Fivestar Bulk Carriers Ltd
• GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
• GAC Shipping (SA) (Pty) Ltd
• Gangavaram Port Limited
• Geo-Chem Laboratories Pvt Ltd
• Gimpex Ltd
• Glencore India Pvt Ltd
• globalCOAL
• Globus Marine Services Pvt Ltd
• Government of India
• Grasim Industries Ltd
• Great Bear Chartering & Shipping Co.
• Grieg Star Shipping
• Grindrod Terminals
• Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd
• Gupta Coal India Ltd
• Hancock Coal Pty Ltd
• Holman Fenwick Willan
• ICF International
• IDFC Private Equity Ltd
• IL&FS Maritime Infrastructure Co Ltd
• IMC Shipping Co Pte Ltd
• IMT AG
• Inchcape Shipping Services
• Inchcape Shipping Services India Pvt Ltd
• Institutional Investor
• Interamerican Coal SA
• International Shipping and Logistics, FZE
• Interocean Group
• Intertek India Pvt Ltd
• Isaphia (Singapore) Pte Ltd
• Ishhar Overseas Fze
• ITOCHU Corporation
• ITOCHU India Pvt Ltd
• J M Baxi & Co
• John T Boyd Company
• JSW Steel Ltd
• Karaikal Port Private Limited
• Kasturi Lal Har Lal Ltd
• Klaveness Asia Pte Ltd
• Krishnan & Associates, In.
• Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd
• L.B. Consultants Pvt Ltd
• Lanco Babandh Power Pvt Ltd
• LBH South Africa
• Lorentzen & Stemoco
• Lorentzen & Stemoco AS
• Machado & Sons Pvt Ltd
• Macquarie
• Matski Maritime Pvt Ltd
• Mechel Trading AG
• Middle East Coal
• Mideast Integrated Steels Ltd
• Minister of State for Coal, Government of India
• Ministry of Shipping, Govt. of India
• Mitra S.K. Private Ltd
• Mitsubishi Corporation India Pvt Ltd
• Mitsui & Co India Pvt Ltd
• Mitsui & Co Ltd
• MMTC Ltd
• Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd
• Mormugao Port Trust
• Multi Commodity Exchange (I) Ltd
• Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone Limited
• MUR Shipping
• Narbheram Power & Steel Pvt Ltd
• NCC Power Projects Ltd
• Nirma Limited
• Noble Energy
• Norden A/S
• Norden Tankers & Bulkers India Pvt Ltd
• Norwest Corporation
• NTPC Limited
• Oldendorff Carriers GmbH & Co., KG
• OPG Power Gujarat Private Limited
• Palaris Mining Pty Ltd
• Panmet International
• Paradip Port Trust
• Parekh Marine Agencies Pvt Ltd
• Pharos Shipping & Overseas Services Pvt Ltd
• Platts
• PT Angana Kaltim Indonesia
• PT Bayan Resources Tbk
• PT Britmindo
• PT Carsurin
• PT Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk
• PT Kekal Adidaya
• PT Matra Batubara Sakti
• PT Pipit Mutiara Jaya
• PT Riau Baraharum
• PT Tanito Harum Coal Mining
• PTT Asia Pacific Mining
• PVP Ventures Limited
• Rawmet Commodities Pvt Ltd
• Resource Capital Funds
• Rey Resources
• Richards Bay Steamships
• Rio Tinto Coal Australia
• RITES
• Rudhra Energy
• RWE Supply & Trading GmbH
• S&T Mining Company Pvt Ltd
• S.K. Samanta & Co Pvt Ltd
• Saigal Seatrade (P) Ltd
• Salva Resources
• Samsara Shipping Pvt Ltd
• Sanghi Industries Ltd
• Saraogi Udyog Pvt Ltd
• SBI Capital Markets Ltd
• Scorpio Logistics Pte Ltd
• Seabook Maritime Pvt Ltd
• Seapower Chartering Pvt Ltd
• Seatrade Group
• Seatrans Marine Pvt Ltd
• Seaways Shipping Services Ltd
• Shiplinks
• Shree Renuka Energy Ltd
• Shreeji Overseas India Pvt Ltd
• Sojitz India Pvt Ltd
• SP Resources International Pte Ltd
• Stanford University
• Steel Authority of India Ltd
• Straits Global Trading Pte Ltd
• SUEK AG
• Sujora Shipping Pvt Ltd
• Swaraaj Shipping & Logistics Pvt Ltd
• Swastic Coal Corporation Pvt Ltd
• Swiss Singapore Overseas Enterprises Pte Ltd
• Taggart Global, LLC
• Taggart JHDA
• Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd
• TANITOcoal
• Tata Chemicals Ltd
• Tata Power Trading Co Ltd
• Tata Sponge Iron Ltd
• Taurian Iron & Steel Co Pvt Ltd
• The Baltic Exchange
• The Dhamra Port Company Limited
• The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd
• The Singareni Collieries Co., Ltd
• The Torvald Klaveness Group
• Thiess India Pvt Ltd
• Thomson Reuters
• Thurlestone Shipping
• Thurlestone Shipping Ltd
• Trafigura India Pvt Ltd
• Trans Ocean Agency
• UBS Equities Research
• Ultra Tech Cement Limited
• United Shippers Limited
• VALE
• Vedanta Aluminium Ltd
• Vedanta Resources
• Vega Ship
• Vinay Exports
• Vinship Chartering Pvt Ltd
• Visa Comtrade Limited
• VISA Steel Limited
• Welspun Energy Ltd
• Wescoal Holdings Limited
• Wilhelmsen Ships Service
• Wilhemsen Maritime Services Pvt Ltd
• Xcoal Asia Fze
• Xcoal Energy & Resources