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Metals Despatch 4 November 2010 - No. 10 Presentations were made by Mr. Nikola Dobrev, Chief Executive Officer, KCM 2000, Bulgaria on “The Outlook for the Bulgarian Lead and Zinc Sector”, where KCL 2000 is the largest lead and zinc producer; Mr. David Wilson, Director of Metals Research at Société Général, United Kingdom spoke on “Are Commodities a Long or Short Term Play for the Investment Community”; and Mr. David Weinberg, Attorney At Law, Wiley Rein, Washington DC addressed delegates on “Recent Changes to US Environment Regulations Affecting the Production, Use and Transport of Lead and Lead-Acid Batteries”: Copies of these presentations are available on the ILZSG website. The Study Group‟s Economic and Environment Committee met on 8 October. Ms. Claire Mikolajczak, Director of the Indium Corporation, spoke about “The Relationship Between Zinc and Indium Productions”, elaborating on the production of indium which is often associated with zinc. Mr. David Willis of Interstate Batteries gave a presentation on “The Market for Storage Batteries” outlining the trends in the North American market. Mr. Brian Wilson, representing the International Lead Association, spoke on “Recent Developments in International Initiatives Impacting on the Lead Industry”. Dr. Andrew Green, Director for Environment, Health and Sustainability at the International Zinc Association, gave an overview of sustainability in the zinc industry. Mr. Jose Hansen, Doe Run‟s Vice President for Sales and Marketing, gave delegates details on a new process for the electrowinning of lead which has several advantages over existing systems. Mr. Patrick Chevalier of Natural Resources Canada provided a report on preparations for the mining-related meetings of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development. The ILZSG Head of Economics and Environment then provided an update on Common Fund for Commodities projects in which ILZSG is involved. Copies of the presentations are available on the ILZSG website. Standing Committee. At the Joint Statistical Committee and Environmental and Economic Committee meeting, ICSG Chief Statistician Ms Ana Rebelo presented the results of the Preliminary Forecast, including information about ICSG data sources, the main global assumptions regarding refined copper usage and copper production behind the forecast, and expected changes in production and usage by region. The presentation also included an overview of the development of copper mines and plants, including longer term production capacity developments to 2014. A series of presentations were made on copper developments in key regions: Mr Mark Loveitt, Secretary General of the International Wrought Copper Council (IWCC), gave a presentation on Europe; Mr Juan Carlos Guajardo, Executive Director of CESCO, delivered a presentation on Latin America; Mr. Natsumi Kamiya, General Manager of Santiago Office Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), spoke on the “Supply and Demand for Copper in Japan”; Mr. Dan Edelstein of the USGS gave a presentation on “Trends in the U.S. Copper Industry”; and Mr. Joseph Pickard, ICSG Economist spoke on “Key Copper Market Developments in China”. Mr.Peter Hollands of BME delivered a presentation on “Investment in Copper Futures as a New, yet Still Readily Understood, Fundamental Force in the Market, and Mr Miguel Riquelme, of the International Copper Association, (ICA) spoke on “Threats and New Applications for Copper”.” ICSG Head of Economics and Environment Mr Carlos Risopatron made a presentation on scrap market issues and developments in the semifabricators industry. Topics covered included: ICSG Research on Copper and Copper Alloy Scrap Markets; the 2010 Copper and Copper Alloys Fabrication Directory; and Fabrication and Use of Copper and Copper Alloy Products. The ICSG Industry Advisory Panel also met in Antofagasta with the objective of encouraging further industry participation and informing a wider range of copper industry representatives of the work and activities of the Study Group. ICSG MEETS IN CHILE Representatives from ICSG member governments and companies, observer governments and organizations attended the International Copper Study Group‟s 36 th Regular Meeting in Antofagasta, Chile on 28 th September 2010. A Joint Statistical Committee and Environmental and Economic Committee meeting was held, as well as meetings of the Industry Advisory Panel and ICSG Head of Economics and Environment Mr Carlos Risopatron presented a summary of the 2010 Report on Regulatory Developments Affecting Copper. ICSG Economist Mr Joseph Pickard gave an update on ICSG research on leading indicators of refined copper usage and on copper exploration. Mr Jon Barnes, Managing Consultant, CRU Analysis, made a presentation on “Longer Term Supply and Demand Issues and Factors Affecting Global Copper Markets”. Mr Barnes was then joined by Mr Jurgen Leibbrandt (Codelco), Mr Paul Missen (Anglo
Metals Despatch 5 November 2010 - No. 10 American), Mr Tariq Salaria (BHP Billiton) and Mr Radoslaw Zalozinski (KGHM) for a panel discussion. please contact the Secretariat at curtis_stewart@ilzsg.org The secretariat presented industry advisors with a list of key current issues and asked participants to rank the issues in terms of how important it would be to have further information generated by ICSG. The results were further discussed in a subsequent meeting of the Industry Advisory Panel held in London during LME Week on 14 October 2010. Presentations may be viewed at ICSG‟s web site www.icsg.org ICSG AT CHINA COPPER 2010 CONFERERENCE ICSG Head of Economics and Environment, Carlos Risopatron, delivered a presentation on “Global Trends Affecting Copper Mining and Copper Smelting in 2010-2014 and Beyond” at the China International Copper Conference, in Ningbo, China on 2 November 2010 organized by the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA)/Antaike. For more information, please contact the ICSG Secretariat at risopatron@icsg.org ILZSG BRINGS NEW DATABASE ONLINE The ILZSG secretariat has recently brought on line a new database system. This upgrade will be used to store all of the Group‟s statistical data and to produce the monthly statistical bulletin. The new system, based on Microsoft‟s widely used SQL software, was developed by the highly-regarded Portuguese computer software specialists Prológica in close cooperation with the secretariat. RECYCLING PROJECT TEAM (RPT) UPDATE The ILZSG Head of Forecasting and Statistics, Paul White, represented the three Study Groups at a Recycling Indicators Workshop and meeting of the Recycling Project Team held at Eurometaux‟s offices in Brussels on 3 - 4 November 2010. The workshop was attended by over 30 participants representing the lead, zinc, copper, aluminium, nickel, steel, specialty metal and battery industries. Good progress was made regarding the further harmonization of recycling rate definitions and methodology used to calculate the rates. For further information contact the ILZSG Secretariat at paul_white@ilzsg.org ILZSG PARTICIPATES IN COMPLETION MEETING FOR CHINESE GALVANIZING PROJECT 20000 16000 12000 8000 4000 0 000 tonnes Source: China Metals Production of Galvanized Steel in China 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 31 STUDY GROUPS PRESENT AT INTERGOVERNMENTAL FORUM The ILZSG/INSG Head of Economics and Environment, Curtis Stewart, presented a paper entitled „The World Mining and Metal Sector Outlook” on 3 November at a meeting of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development in Geneva, Switzerland. For copies of the presentation, please contact the Secretariat at curtis_stewart@ilzsg.org PARTICIPATION IN 6 th ECONOMIC FORUM FOR NON-FERROUS METALS The ILZSG/INSG Head of Economics and Environment, Curtis Stewart, took part in the 6 th Economic Forum for Non-Ferrous Metals hosted by the Polish Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals in Krakow, Poland, 4-5 November 2010. He presented a paper entitled „The Situation of the Non-Ferrous Metals Industry in the EU‟. For copies of the presentation, The ILZSG Head of Economics and Environment participated in the completion meeting for a long running Hot Dip Galvanizing project in China funded by the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) with ILZSG as the responsible International Commodity Body. Site visits were made to galvanizing facilities in several parts of China from 15 to 18 November and a formal Completion Meeting was held on 19 November in Hangzhou. The project, funded by a grant of $871,000 from the CFC, began in 2005 and was the third phase of a long term project. The chart above shows the growth in Chinese production of galvanized steel from 1979 through 2009. NEW COMMON FUND FOR COMMODITIES PROJECT APPROVED In July the Common Fund for Commodities approved a proposal submitted by ILZSG for a project in Malawi, Africa to increase maize and legume crop production by improving the zinc nutritional status of the crop areas where soils are identified as zinc
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