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  Alinos  Enterprises Ltd. is  the largest steam coal supplier from Russia.
  With sales of 26-28 million tonnes of coal annually the company occupies about 30% of total steam coal export from that country.
   
  The   company   offers  all  coal  grades  and  delivers  them  to  Europe, the Mediterranean  and  the Asian-Pacific region through major ports in Russia, Latvia,  Estonia  and  Ukraine.  Power stations, steel mills, cement works, households  and  other  consumers  from  more  than  40 countries burn coal supplied by Alinos Enterprises Ltd.
  

  
  

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  BHPBilliton is the world's largest diversified natural resources company. The company's purpose is to create long-term shareholder value through the discovery, development and conversion of natural resources and the provision of innovative customer and market-focused solutions
  

  
  
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  Mechel is one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies. Its business comprises four segments: mining, steel, ferroalloys and power. Mechel’s mining segment produces coking coal concentrate, steam coal, PCI, anthracites and iron ore concentrate. The company also develops one of the world's largest coking coal deposits – Elga coal deposit.
  

  
  
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  One of Europe’s leading ports for coal logistics and processing. The facilities offered by dedicated terminals include transhipment, storage, crushing, blending, screening and washing.
  
  
  
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Gold Sponsor

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  Bulk Trading SA, a Swiss company dealing in raw materials within the carbon fuels industry such as steam coal, petroleum coke, anthracite and metallurgical coke. The company through its experienced professionals, with offices in Switzerland, Colombia, Indonesia, Poland and a representative in China, India and Brazil, enhances synergies and competitiveness worldwide.
  

  
  
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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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  The Italian Shipowning Company Rizzo-Bottiglieri-De Carlini Armatori has been operating seven generations in the dry cargo sector. In 2007 RBD Armatori S.p.A. carried 30 million tons of dry commodities with a fleet consisting of 5 owned Panamax Bulk Carriers and 50 chartered medium/long period chartered Panamax Bulk Carriers.  
   
  
  

   

  
  
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  Saif, company based in  Genoa ( Liguria - Italy ) , with exclusive competences, reliability,  enthusiasm and innovation orientation has been contributing for 25 years to the development of the production chain of different kind of fuels, solid traditional and alternative, placing itself as leading supplier for manufactures of building materials and for the industry in general.

  
  
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  SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. Recognised as the global benchmark for quality and integrity, we employ over 55,000 people and operate a network of more than 1,000 offices and laboratories around the world.
   
  

  
   

  
  
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  As one of the world's leading banks, Credit Suisse provides its clients with private banking, investment banking and asset management services worldwide. Credit Suisse offers advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is active in over 50 countries and employs approximately 46,700 people
  
  
  
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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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  Part of Finsea Group, holding company operating in the maritime field, Medmar Tramp provides full tramp agency services through own offices in Italy and worldwide and a huge subagents’ network.
  Medmar Tramp assists its Customers with an in-house demurrage/claims service as well as with a port cost control service.

  
   

  
  
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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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  JSC Siberian Anthracite is a producer of high quality Russian anthracite  At the same time it is itself an anthracite trading and marketing company providing a wide range of services to its customers. The company operates four anthracite mines and two washing plants in the Novosibirsk region of Russia. Planned annual production capacity for 2008 is approximately 3,000,000 mts of anthracite

   

  
  
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  SolArc provides a fully integrated software solution for commodity procurement, tracking and risk management across a range of industries. SolArc enables key commodity activities to be managed by a single system for transaction data accuracy and decision support, delivering greater insight and control in all the critical commodity activities for both the physical contracts and related financial derivative contracts.
  
  Since 1991, SolArc has become a trusted solution provider for an international clientele of more than 80 leading corporations across a range of vertical industries. SolArc is headquartered in Houston and has offices in Tulsa, Dallas, London and Singapore. For more information, visit www.solarc.com.
  
  
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  United Bulk Carriers International, a company established in Madeira, is an operator of drybulk carriers which operates worldwide. United operates a fleet of 25 panamax vessels with an overall deadweight tonnage of 1.8 million tons. to serve its portfolio made by long term contracts of affreightment with top-notch industrial producers and international commodities trading houses.

  
  

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  Endulwini Resources Limited Company was established in 1998 as a forward-looking company and has positioned itself as recognized player in natural resources in Africa. The company hopes to maximize shareholders’ value through exploration, incubation, mining, benefication, trade, export and exploitation of the whole value chain. The company’s current business focus is on coal, base metals, and platinum.
  
  
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  HMS Bergbau AG is a coal trading company based in Berlin that is listed at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company is actively expanding into coal production and specialized in international trade with coal products as well as other raw materials for the energy and steel industries. HMS has long lasting customer relationships with leading coal consumers in Europe, Asia and Americas.

  
  
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  Ssp is the new concept to provide inspection, supervision, sampling, weight determination and analytical services for Solid Fuels, Metals, Minerals, Iron Ores, Concentrates and Fertilizers in all European ports.
   
  Ssp is a well-known and respectable survey company, unique for the infrared operating method developed to detect high temperatures in stockpiles and to advise customers how  to protect and control their commodities against spontaneous combustion.
   
  Our experienced team looks forward to answer all your questions.
   
  www.ssp-rotterdam.nl
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  Stemcor is the world’s largest independent steel trader. Acting as an intermediary between producers and purchasers, Stemcor offers a range of value-added services spanning every step in the steel supply chain. Core competencies are mining, steel and raw materials trading, price hedging, shipping, distribution, stockholding and finance. With a network of 80 offices in 40 countries, Stemcor trades approximately 20m tonnes of steel and raw materials per annum and has an annual turnover circa $7.5bn.
  
  
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  TALTEK is a steam coal producer with five openpit mines in Kuzbass region, Siberia. TALTEK owns the port of Kandalaksha in the White Sea which is the main outlet for the company’s exports. TALTEK exports about 80pc of its coal production and ships output through the Black sea port Mariupol in addition to Kandalaksha. 
  
  TALTEK UK Ltd. is a trading subsidiary of TALTEK.TALTEK owns licences for about 300mn t of coal reserves and is in the process of building a new openpit mine. More information is available on the website: http://www.taltek.net/
  
  
  

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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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  Established in 1970, Argus is a privately held, UK-registered publishing company. Headquartered in London, Argus also has offices in Houston, Moscow, Singapore, and Washington with bureaux in Beijing, Dubai and Tokyo. Argus provides business intelligence, price information and market data for the international energy markets including coal. Supplied in multiple formats to suit individual requirements, Argus will ensure that you are kept informed about the latest developments in your sector. For further information, please visit our website: www.argusmedia.com

  
  
• Whether it is information about new mining regulations or technical articles concerning new technologies, Coal Age is the magazine that American coal suppliers look to for information. First published in 1916, Coal Age has continued a tradition of editorial excellence and relevence to the demands of one of America’s most important industries.
  
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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.

  
  
• For over 20 years, Barlow Jonker has been renowned for its Australian domestic and the international trade in coal research and consulting. Combining forces with Hill and Associates, Wood Mackenzie have created a global team of coal experts to complement their existing energy expertise. Strategic and independent advice is supplied on a regular basis, at board and senior management level, to the main coal producing and consuming companies worldwide.
  
  
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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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  For the past 32 years, Commodity Appointments have been working in step with the commodities marketplace worldwide, providing search and recruitment solutions and services to leading multi-national companies. As the longest established recruitment company in this niche area, Commodity Appointments have a depth of knowledge and level of experience that no other company can match. Commodity Appointments represent a broad range of participants spanning the various sectors ranging from stand-alone companies to large global corporations.

  
  
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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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  InfoMine is the world leader in providing mining knowledge online, delivering content via our website, through corporate intranets, and by email. InfoMine does not mine minerals - it makes mining minerals more efficient. It is a mine of information about the global mining industry, with a rack of tools to help you extract precisely the information you require.

  
  
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  Metal Bulletin is a powerful portfolio of decision-support information and trading data.  The service provides breaking news and globally accepted reference prices on all global metals and steels, plus an extensive archive.  Delivered online, via email and via a weekly print edition, Metal Bulletin is the must-read publication for today's generation of business leaders.  A subscription includes; breaking news online; daily email news; pricing data including Metal Bulletin’s own globally accepted reference prices; analyse and interrogate pricing trends in the online archive; plus the historical data you need make business decisions with confidence; 50 issues a year of Metal Bulletin magazine.  Take a trial of this service today - click here http://www.metalbulletin.com/freetrial.asp.  Or if you wish to subscribe, click here http://www.metalbulletinstore.com/product.asp?PositionID=17963&ProductID=6913&LS=577.

  
  
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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.

  
  
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  The RZD-Partner is the leading transport business edition in Russia. It has been published since 1998. The main objective of the magazine is to meet the information needs of transport market players and guide the readers through the major events and trends of the sector. A wide range of issues of transport branch functioning in Russia, the CIS and the Baltic States is discussed in the RZD-Partner magazine with an emphasis on railway cargo transportation.

  
  
• 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.
  

  
  
• World Coal is the comprehensive source of technical and analytical information for the international coal industry. It covers the entire coal chain, from mine to power plant. Every month features a regional report, regular features on key aspects of the coal chain and monthly news and editorial comment. World Coal’s readership includes key decision makers from every sector of the industry.