| Conference Program |
| Presentations - Table of Contents |
| Welcome by JFA Chairman Keigo Takahashi |
| Japan: A Political and Economic Overview by Haruhiko Kuroda, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister's Cabinet and former Vice-Minister of Finance for International Affairs |
| The World Steel Industry: What to Expect by 2010 by Yasuo Watanabe, General Manager, Market Research Department, Japan Technical Information Service |
| New and Future Steel Technologies using Mn by Kaoru Ichikawa, General Manager, Steelmaking Technical Dept. of Nippon Steel Corp. |
| Potential for Mn in New Automotive Steels by Michel Babbit, Director of R&D Laboratory, Arcelor |
| Stainless Steel 200 Series: an Opportunity for Mn by Yasuhiro Habara, General Manager Technical Development Dept., Nippon Metal Industry Co. |
| China: an Industry Overview, Spotlighting Domestic Demand for Ore & Alloys by Xie Xinmin, Chairman of CFAIA & President of Sichuan Chuantou Emei Ferroalloy (Group) Co., Ltd. |
| EMD-EMM: Supply and Demand Overview by Masatoshi Yoshida, Tosoh |
| Mn Ore & Alloys: Developments over the Past Year by Peter Toth , BHP Billiton |
| Mn Ore & Alloys: Developments over the Past Year by Ricardo Antunes, C.V.R.D. |
| Wrap Up by IMnI Chairman Vincent Trelut |
| The Importance of Health, Safety & Environmental Issues to the Mn Industry by Catherine Tissot-Colle, Chairman of the OHES Committee, Eramet |
| Scientific Criteria Document: Conclusions and Way Forward by Leonard S. Levy, Institute for Environment and Health |
| IMnI Lobbying Initiative in the US: Results & Mn Health Research Program by Christian Plazanet, Eramet |
| A Life Cycle Assessment Program: What It is & How It Works by Jannie Cronje, Samancor |
| Ethyl's Environmental Research Program for MMT by Jerry Roper, Ethyl Corporation (PPT) |
| Ethyl's Environmental Research Program for MMT by Jerry Roper, Ethyl Corporation (Word) |
| How to Produce Ferro Alloys Cleanly by Takayuki Nishi, Tokushima Plant, Nippon Denko |
