Agenda
Day One Monday November 15th 2010
8.30 Morning coffee
9.00 Opening remarks from the Chair
Mme Janine Decamp, President, Syndicat des Industries de la Mine
9.10 Welcome address
Philippe GOMES, Prsident du Gouvernement de la Nouvelle Caledonie et Prsident en charge des mines, de l'nergie et du transport arien international
9.30 Keynote Address
SMSP Perspectives and strategies
Andr Dang Van Nha, Chairman and CEO, SMSP Group
10.00 The nickel supply/demand outlook
- Outlook for Chinese demand and rest of world after the global financial crisis
- Role of Chinese nickel pig iron as stabiliser
- Assessing the new project - how real and when?
- Cost structure and implications for long run pricing
Jim Lennon, Head Commodity Research, Macquarie Bank Group
10.40 Industry perspective - Eramet
Patrick Buffet, Chairman and CEO, Groupe Eramet
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 Vale Nouvelle-Caledonie Project update
- Vale - a global leader in mining and mineral processing
- The Goro nickel project the ramping up
- Future perspectives: challenges and opportunities
Peter Poppinga, Executive Vice President Base Metal Operations Asia & Pacific, Chief Executive Officer, Vale Nouvelle Caledonie
12.00 Tax, corporate and financing issues for mining projects in New Caledonia
Frederic Descombes, Managing Partner, Descombes & Salans
12.30 Lunch
Proudly sponsored by ABB
1.45 The Australian Nickel producers panel
- Production and exploration
- Perspective on the future of the Australian nickel sector
- Challenges and opportunities
Mathew Longworth, Managing Director, Heron Resouices
Dan Lougher, Operations Director, Western Areas
2.30 Utilizing the whole orebody - limonite and saprolite, pyro and hydro
- Structure of nickel operations
- Options and technology for synergistic processing of limonites and saprolites
- Business case
Jan Kwak, Managing Director, Hatch Australia
3.00 Coffee break
Nickel in the Asia-Pacific Region
3.30 Unlocking heap leaching process The Acoje Nickel Project in the Philippines
- The strategic importance of nickel laterite ore bodies
- Improving the economic performance of heap leach
Simon Purkiss, Deputy Executive Chairman, European Nickel plc
4.00 The Agata Nickel Laterite Project, the Philippines
- Exploration progress
- First stage production and cash flow plans
- On site processing scoping study findings
Jon Dugdale, President and CEO, Mindoro Resources, and Boyd Willis, Boyd Willis Hydromet Consulting
4.30 Key Developments in the Ramu Nickel Project in Papua New Guinea
Luo Shu, Board Chairperson, MCC-JJJ Mining Development Company
5.00 Weda Bay Nickel Project in Indonesia
Bertrand Madelin, Delegate CEO, Eramet Nickel
5.30 Cocktail reception offered by Government of New Caledonia
7.30 Official Gala dinner Sponsored by Descombes & Salans
Day Two Tuesday November 16th 2010
9.00 Opening remarks from the Chair
9.10 Welcome Address
Pierre Frogier, President, Province Sud
9.30 Towards sustainable mining in New Caledonia: a better policy and legislative framework for the benefit of local communities and mining companies?
- Orientation of the NC mining Scheme: Towards sustainable mining in New Caledonia
- Main provision of the new Mining Law
- Significative examples of common achievement/"partnership" between mining companies and local communities
Aurlien Louis, Directeur Direction de l'Industrie, des Mines et de l'Energie de Nouvelle-Caldonie - DIMENC
10.00 The Outlook for Nickel Production, Projects and the Long Term Price
- Current nickel supply and the outlook for nickel pig iron
- The global nickel concentrate balance
- Nickel projects and ramp-up
- The long term nickel price
Andrew Mitchell, Nickel Industry Analyst, Brook Hunt a Wood McKenzie Company
10.30 Coffee break
11.00 Societe Le Nickel - The challenges
- Mining
- Metallurgy
- Energy supply
- The social issue
- The century to come
Pierre Alla, Managing Director, Societ Le Nickel SLN
11.30 Supplying ore to Korea
How to keep up with demand for ore supplies following the start-up and extremely rapid ramp-up of the SNNC plant arising from the fully integrated commercial and industrial profile of an original partnership between amining company SMSP and a steel producer POSCO
Michel Rioux, Directeur Gnral Dlgu/Managing Director, Nickel Mining Company
12.00 Another Success Story: Plant construction & FeNi production.
- How to adapt to New Caledonia nickel ore
- Further challenge of SMSP POSCO Nickel project
Lee Sang-Hong, CEO, Socit du Nickel de Nouvelle-Caldonie et Core
12.30 Evolution of the New Caledonia legal framework:Consequences for existing and future projects
- Practical consequences of the New Mining law for mining projects
- New environmental legal framework
Protection of local employment : Practical consequences for mining projects
Mathieu Hanaut, Partner, Jones Day
1.00 ABBs System 800xA for Control System solutions within complex nickel mining processes
- Addresses the more demanding requirements in Nickel processing
- Challenges and solutions in dealing with remote sites
Llewellyn Best, Senior System Engineer, Minerals and Mining, ABB Australia
1.30 Lunch
Optional afternoon site tour SLNs Doniambo Smelter
6.30 Cocktail reception Sponsored by the Province Sud
Day Three Wednesday November 17th 2010
9.00 Opening remarks from the Chair
9.10 Welcome address
Paul Naoutyine, Prsident de la Province Nord
9.30 The Koniambo Project
- Work in progress and new construction phase
- Reception of the modules and assembling
Didier Ventura, Vice-President Operations, Koniambo Nickel SAS
10.00 Prospects for Chines nickel pig iron and implications for the rest of the nickel industry
Vanessa Davidson, Managing Consultant Nickel & Chrome Group, CRU Analysis
10.30 Stainless steel markets, prospects and directions 2010 and beyond
- Current Market Situation & Market Drivers
- Stainless Producers Strategies
- Short-term Outlook
Dr. Gerhard C. Pariser, Director Market Research, Heinz H. Pariser Alloy Metals & Steel Market Research Germany
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 Nickel and the environment
CRNT is a public/private financed agency for research projects aimed at a better environmental and sustainable mineral exploration in New Caledonia. This presentation will cover the scientific program of CNRT and the expected results
Bernard Robineau, Director, Conseil National de la Recherche Technique - CNRT
12.00 Best practices for mining in biodiversity sensitive areas
- Global biodiversity hotspot and mining trends
- The Ambatovy Project: a case study
- Biodiversity Policy: Ensuring no net loss of biodiversity
- Biodiversity management plan
- Biodiversity offsetting
- Challenges and opportunities
Steven Dickinson, Environmental Consultant, Golder Associates
12.30 Close of Conference
1.00 Lunch
6.30 Farewelll dinner at the Restaurant Le Roof
