IMnI's 35TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE- DUBAI
New Board Member & Vice-Chairman chosen…
Peter Toth, CEO of OM Holdings, has been nominated to the IMnIs Board and named as a Vice-Chairman. This is Peters second time on the IMnI Board. Previously he served as John Raubenheimers second, when John was IMnI Chairman and while they both worked for BHP Billiton. We expect Peters contributions will have a positive impact for the IMnI and we welcome him aboard.
IMnI Chairman stays on…
Due to the unfortunate and unforeseen tragedy involving Marco Mendonça, who had been chosen to take over as IMnI Chairman at the conference, current Chairman Alastair Stalker has agreed to stay on for an undefined period of time (not to exceed one year) until a suitable replacement is chosen. We thank Alastair for his continued leadership; Alastair has served as IMnI Chairman for the past two years.
Presentations were extremely well received…
Delegates expressed their satisfaction with the speakers and their presentations. A few noteworthy speakers were David Rhodes of Boston Consultancy Group (BCG) covering the world economy, Patrick McCormick of World Steel Dynamics (WSD) looking at the outlook for the steel industry and Dominique Courné of Barry Rogliano Salles (BRS) presenting on the shipping industry and its effects on commodities. Many other great papers were given; please follow this link to retrieve all papers in both English and Chinese: IMnI 2009 AC Dubai Presentations
The delegation was much larger than expected…
Due to the economic recession and subsequent cost cutting on travel by firms across the globe, uncertainty about attendance loomed. Fortunately delegates recognized the importance of the conference and supported it in numbers. There were 120 delegates in attendance. To see the delegate list please follow this link: IMnI 2009 AC Dubai Delegate List
Finally, IMnI extends its thanks to our Exhibitors and Sponsors…
The IMnI would like to thank the three companies which took out exhibition stands at the event. They were two industry suppliers, Promtechnologii and Hatch, as well as IMnI member Simpac. To learn more about what these exhibitors have to offer your company, please visit our industry partners and suppliers page by following this link: Mn Industry Partners and Suppliers Page
IMnI would also like to thank its members companies that supported the event by sponsoring part of the social program. Thanks to Mogale Alloys (Pty) Ltd for sponsoring our Welcome Cocktail, Vale for sponsoring Lunch on the first day, Oreport (Pty) Ltd for sponsoring Lunch on the second day and to AML for sponsoring the Safari Outing and Desert Dinner.