The Coaltrans World Coal Conference has been running for 30 years. At each event, new business has been won, existing relationships consolidated and valuable contracts have been negotiated and agreed; quite simply Its where the coal deals are done!

30 years on and the worlds leading coal conference continues to attract the whos who in coal from around the globe. For the 29th conference in London last October there were more than 1,400 participants from 66 countries.

Some of the TOPICAL ISSUES which will be addressed at the 30th Anniversary of Coaltrans World Coal Conference:

• A review over the last 30 years of the international coal industrys operations: The lessons learned and the consequent outlook for the next decade and beyond.
• Signs of an economic recovery following the world crisis and the effect on the coal industrys production and international traded volumes.
• Prospects for the European steel industry and coking coal volumes with a particular focus on China and India as they sharply increase consumption of steel raw materials.
• The growing debate and controversy over index-linked - quarterly pricing.
• China the phenomenon of growing import volumes of both coking coal and thermal coal and the absorption of new coal production capacity in Indonesia and Australia.
• The continuing move by coal producers to allocate more tonnage to the spot market rather than long term multi-year contracts.
• The overhang of new building deliveries and the effect on the dry bulk freight market.
• The emergence of global markets for thermal coal with cargoes moving from the Atlantic basin (South Africa and Colombia) to Asias booming markets.
• The outlook for US coal production and opportunities for increased exports into Asia.