Platinum Sponsor

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  MEC Coal invests in and manages large-scale coal projects in Indonesia. The company is developing  large greenfield coal mines in Asia with estimated resources of 2.5 billion mt. With a vision from mines to market; part of the project entails developing a 130 km railway freight corridor to the port.
  
  
  

Gold Sponsor

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  With more than 100 years experience, Coeclerici operates worldwide through its mining, trading, logistics and shipping divisions ensuring the integrated management of the entire raw material procurement cycle and guaranteeing high efficiency, safety and quality to the industrial customers.

  
  
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  Flame S.A., established in January 2003, is an integrated shipping & trading company registered and headquartered in Lugano (Switzerland). From its inception, Flame S.A. has emerged as an influential and relevant market participant. The company’s executives have drawn on their extensive experience in the energy market, to provide innovative value adding solutions to producers and consumers around the globe.

  
  

  
  
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  Founded in 1916, J. M. Baxi & Co. is a well reputed, efficient and professionally managed provider of shipping support services. The Company has a strong presence in most of its business lines and leadership in several of the shipping support services. The future plans are focused on consolidating the existing activities and developing other shipping related areas.
  
  
  
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  Knowledge Infrastructure Systems Pvt. Ltd. is a leading fuel and energy solution provider, a significant trader of power and a major importer of steam coal into India. With established ties with large mining companies and a proven track-record of logistics management, KISPL is ideally placed to support, fuel and energy requirements, of its clients.

   

  
  
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  Vale is a pioneering mining company that works diligently to transform mineral resources into the essential ingredients of people’s everyday lives.
   
  At Vale, our aim is to continually improve our company and to exceed current standards of excellence in the extraction and production of minerals.
   
  Vale is a global company headquartered in Brazil, operating on five continents with a workforce of over 100,000 employees, including outsourced workers through its mining operations, mineral surveying and commercial offices.
   
  Our mission – to transform mineral resources into prosperity and sustainable development – guides all of our actions.

  Our vision is to be the largest mining company in the world, and to surpass established standards of excellence in research, development, project implementation and business operations.

  
  

Silver Sponsor

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  Incorporated in 1998 as Ocean Freight Operators for the Dry Bulk Cargoes Worldwide. The combination of commitment and consistency has proved us to be versatile in movements of various Bulk Cargoes on Geared / Grab fitted Handymax, Supramax & Panamax Bulk Carriers, predominately in the Indian Sub-Continent.
  
  The discipline with which we operate our business is equally matched by the force of our vision and in the Spirit of Adventure & Perseverance, we have now diversified as a Thermal Coal Mine Owner in Sumatra, partaking in Coal Trading activities for selective grades of Steam Coal from Indonesia on FOB or CIF.
  
  
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  Inspectorate is now a Bureau Veritas Group company. With a global network in more than 100 countries across the world, Inspectorate is at the forefront of third party sampling and analysis. Our headquarters is at Witham, Essex, UK and we offer pre-shipment inspection, commodity inspection and testing, draft survey, marine services and laboratory management. 
   

   

  
  
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  Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is a leading global provider of energy and commodities information. With a century of business experience, Platts serves customers across more than 150 countries. An independent provider, Platts serves the oil, natural gas, electricity, emissions, nuclear power, coal, petrochemical, shipping, and metals markets from 17 offices worldwide. Platts' real-time news, pricing, analytical services and conferences help markets operate with transparency and efficiency. Traders, risk managers, analysts, and industry leaders depend upon Platts to help them make better trading and investment decisions. Additional information is available at http://www.platts.com
   
  
  
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  Seatrade Group is in involved in coal trading, coal handling, coal stock and sells operations. They have activities in coal freight chartering and supply the majority of coal to cement mills and other users in Pakistan.
  
  They are the Leading Player in Pakistan for cement exports and in oilseeds, wheat, chrome, sugar, fertiliser, pulses, rice and various other commodities in selling, trading, handling, stevedoring, terminal operations and inland transportation.
  
  
  
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  Tanitocoal produces bituminous thermal coal and semi-soft coking coal from its three mines in East Kalimantan. These are PT Tanito Harum, PT Mahakam Sumber Jaya and PT Santan Batubara.

  In 2009 Tanito's total sales will be 10 million tonnes.

  Mr. David Heap
  Tel: +62 21 634 5222 (office)
  Mobile: +62 (0) 816 971493 (Indo)
  Mobile: +61 (0) 418 349247 (Australia)
  e-mail: david_heap@tanito.co.id

  
  

Bronze Sponsor

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  Argus Media is the world’s largest independent provider of energy price information and analysis. Established in 1970, Argus publishes a broad range of business-critical intelligence reports, exclusive data and expert analysis of industry developments on the energy, transportation and emissions markets. Argus’ energy price assessments are used as official references in spot, term and swap contracts around the world.

  Argus is the leading provider of benchmark price indices and critical market information for the global coal industry. Varying from Argus Coal daily International to the weekly Argus McCloskey’s Coal Price Index Report, Argus provides the fuel needed to keep you ahead of developments within the global coal industry. For more information please visit www.argusmedia.com.  

  
  
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  Coal and Oil Company, along with its associates, Coastal Energy, Coastal Energen, PT Coal and Oil Indonesia and others form the Coal & Oil Group, an integrated energy management services provider with interests in Mining, Coal Trading, Shipping, Logistics and Power Generation.
   
  The C&O Group operates in all coal producing countries including Australia, South Africa, Indonesia, and China and has supply markets across the Indian subcontinent and south East Asia.
   
  
  
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  Holman Fenwick Willan is an international law firm advising in all matters connected with the international coal industry. Our clients include international mining groups, traders, power generators, steel companies and other industrial users, financial institutions, insurers (including captives), shipowners and charterers. We advise on a broad range of corporate transactions and commercial contracts. In addition we have extensive experience of disputes in the coal sector, in multiple jurisdictions. As a result our lawyers are recognised as market leaders in the provision of legal services to our coal clients.
  

  
  
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  Karaikal Port promoted by MARG ltd., is located on Tamil Nadu coast between Chennai & Tuticorin  at 10° 50’56’’ N and 10° 49’44’’ N. The Port caters to the hinterland of Central Tamil Nadu and offers excellent connectivity, distance advantages and a highly professional management. The Port currently has two Panamax size berths, handling all types of bulk and break bulk cargo such as Coal, Sugar, Cement, Fertilizers, Project cargo and also  Liquid cargo and Containers in the near future.The Port will be developed  up to 9 berths capable of handling Cape-size vessels in the near future.
  
  
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  PT. Kideco Jaya Agung ("Kideco") is the third largest Indonesian's coal producer with ultra low sulphur and low ash. Kideco operates an open pit mine in East Kalimantan with annual production reaching 24 million tonnes in
  
  2009 and planned production of 29 million tonnes in 2010. Kideco is regarded as the most reliable coal and supplier and leading coal mining company in Indonesia.
  
  
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  "The TCRC group is synonymous with excellence in Sampling and Analysis, Marine Cargo Supervisions, Surveys, Insurance Surveys etc.  
   
  Our comprehensive range of services offered include pre and post shipment inspections inclusive of supervision of packing, Standardization, Loading, Sampling and Analysis of different commodities exported or imported worldwide.
   
  We have a strong foot hold in the International Inspection arena as well with our own set up in South East Asia with strategicaly located offices in China, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam and having our own affiliates across key ports all over the world.
   
  Bauxite, Iron Ore, Coal , Coke and other Minerals Inspection is our Expertise and we have a dedicated team of Samplers and Lab Technicians to man these Inspections to ensure the Highest Quality Assurances to our Clients."
   
  For More Details : www.tcrcgroup.com
  
  

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  OFFICIAL PUBLICATION Global coal market’s original trading and transport magazine, Coaltrans International is the official journal for Coaltrans Conferences.

  
  

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  Coal International is probably the oldest English language coal magazine in the world, having started in 1858 as the Colliery Guardian. It expanded to become an international publication when the UK coal industry was privatised, and is now regarded worldwide as the No.1 journal within the coal industry.

  
  
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  Coalportal is a subscription based, online newsletter and coal price index service for the international coal market. Subscribers can download newsletters covering key coal producing regions such as Australia, China, South Africa, and Indonesia. Contact info@energypublishing.biz

  
  
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  COALspot.com, the ultimate, independent and one of the youngest coal news portals which provides related information on coal & bulk shipping industries as well as an interactive platform for the industry players on the net, was founded by a group of highly experienced panelists in early 2009. The portal provides most comprehensive & independent coal market coverage through inputs drawn from various sources with the objective of assisting the industry players in planning and decision making. Our value added services include a platform for coal suppliers & buyers to sell and buy coal through coal dealing desk directly without any fee to COALspot from the transacting parties, weekly actual and freight forecasts updates, coal technical desk, coal blending calculators and conversion tools, information on coal handling ports worldwide etc. Registration at COALspot.com is FREE for Coal & Bulk Shipping related Firms and Individuals. Once registered, Members can post their services and/or list their companies in our databases free of cost for increased global exposure. For more information on how we can help your business grow, please visit www.COALspot.com.

  
  
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  Engineering News is South Africa’s premier source of weekly real-economy news on projects, products, policies, personalities and technoeconomic progress, covering a wide range of industries – from agroprocessing to information technology – mainly in South and Southern Africa. Each week, 14 659 copies are circulated and read by 77 692 readers.

  
  
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  Mining Weekly, with a weekly readership of over 74 000, is South Africa’s premier source of weekly news on mining developments, provides in-depth coverage of mining projects and the personalities reshaping the mining industry. The publication is an increasingly global source of information for those involved in the mining sector.

  
  
• Dry Cargo International (DCi) is the only monthly magazine covering the dry bulk industry. It is essential reading for all senior executives and decision makers in the industry, and is the leading source of vital market information. The publication owes its success to an innovative approach to the provision of key information on the global dry market in an accurate, comprehensive and timely manner. It does so by understanding and responding to the needs of today’s senior executives and decision-makers.
  
• e-Coal Consultancy provides consulting services and market information to the international coal industry and has high profile clients in every continent. We focus on quality, informed analysis, reasoned commentary, and innovation. Information is provided by a network of long-standing professionals throughout the industry including marketing managers, mining engineers, economists, lawyers, port operators, shipbrokers, traders, and coal consumers. e-coal.com is able to reach thousands of professionals throughout the world through our extensive contacts database which has been growing over some 25 years. Our weekly subscription-based newsletter, Coal Market Intelligence, covers 11 spot markets worldwide, gives key information on the latest deals and tenders, company news, people and jobs, industrial relations, and ports, shipping, and freight rates. e-coal.com has been particularly pleased with the continued positive response from clients on the superior quality of price reporting which is unbiased and totally independent.

  
  
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  Energy Publishing, Inc is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based publishing company that produces a variety of newsletters and databases for the U.S. and international coal and energy industries. Energy Publishing features the daily market newsletter, Coal & Energy Price Report and the weekly industry publication, U.S. Coal Review. The company also produces Coal Americas, a fortnightly newsletter that focuses on U.S. and Canadian imports and exports, North American metallurgical coal & coke and Latin American production, exports & mine/market developments. Energy Publishing also features a monthly petroleum coke newsletter, The Petcoke Report, and it's newest digest, Clean Coal.

  
  
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  globalCOAL is the world's premier marketplace facilitator for trading coal and coal related services, information and instruments. The company was founded by leading members of the world coal industry to promote the electronic trading of coal by creating standardised coal quality specifications and a Standard Coal Trading Agreement (SCoTA).

  
  
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  International Bulk Journal (IBJ) has continually provided news and analysis to companies in the dry bulk industry on developments within the transport chain for 25 years. In addition, IBJ brings you personality profiles of leading industry figures, independent marine insurance data, expanded analysis of the global bunker fleet, commodity pricing and futures and extra coverage of the minor bulk trades.

  
  
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  IndiaCore.com has emerged as India’s leading and premier portal offering information on infrastructure & core sector industries with top search engine rankings and is well known to the key players in India & abroad. Since early 2000, IndiaCore addresses needs of a sector that immensely values information services offered by us. It is the only comprehensive content driven portal in India that links up the entire infrastructure & core sectors in a unique manner.

  
  
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  Published four times a year, Port Technology International is the only technical preview and review of advanced technologies for ports, harbours and terminals worldwide. The semi-hardback journal features over 40 technical papers written by leading industry professionals, covering a wide range of topics from terminal operating systems, port construction and planning to terminal management and container handling. The journal is divided into distinctive sections, reflecting emerging trends and technical innovations that lead to greater efficiency and higher productivity in ports and terminals. The dedicated dry bulk handling section includes articles on all types of equipment used to transport and handle bulk materials from the mine to the ship. Industry experts also write about the latest issues affecting the sector, and the challenges facing operations today. Our website www.porttechnology.org is also updated daily with all the latest news in both the dry bulk handling sector and the ports and terminals industry as a whole.

  
  
• Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. Through our scale, depth, breadth and unique ability to connect communities, Thomson Reuters powers the world's financial markets like never before. With some 370,000 financial market professionals relying on our services we deliver the intelligent information enabling our customers to make the best decisions. Our comprehensive range of services for the commodities sector provide our customers with the tools for creating new value along with the ability to work more effectively. With over 2,600 editorial staff worldwide and an unrivalled network of commodities journalists these services carry market-leading news, analysis and the full breadth and depth of data needed to succeed in the global coal market.
  
  
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  Wood Mackenzie is the most comprehensive source of knowledge about the world’s energy and metals industries. We analyse and advise on every stage along the value chain - from discovery to delivery, and beyond - to provide clients with the commercial insight that makes them stronger.