IMnI Held Its Most Successful Conference To Date

It was befitting that IMnI celebrated its 35^th Anniversary in Paris with its largest turnout of delegates ever. There were 185 delegates in attendance for IMnI’s 36^th Annual Conference, which took place from June 11 through 13. There were many key features that made the conference such a success.

Top-flight speakers…

Kirby Adams, CEO of Corus, Jim Lennon of Macquarie and Robert Ward of the Economist Intelligence Unit were only a few of the excellent speakers to give presentations. Robert Ward introduced the delegation to ‘CIVETS’, his list of countries to watch for future growth outside of the ‘BRIC’ countries. Jim Lennon gave an all-encompassing paper on Mn and Kirby Adams enlightened us on the future landscape of the steel industry. Among the other notable speakers were José Carlos Martins of Vale, Charles-Edouard Bouée of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and Xin Yaoyuan of SMM Information & Technology Co. Ltd. A wide range of topics were covered including energy, shipping, health and safety and the Chinese domestic ore market. To see all presentations, please visit:

http://manganese.org/events/past_imni_events/2010_imni_36th_annual_conference_-_paris

Changes in Leadership…

After three fruitful years, Alastair Stalker stepped down as IMnI Chairman; he remains on the Board. The General Assembly approved Peter Toth, of OM Holdings, as his successor. Showing ambition right from the start, Peter has asked all IMnI committees to launch individual 5-Yr Plans to build on previous achievements and ensure the Institute continues to identify and meet the needs of its members. Paul Doetsch of BHP Billiton fills Alastair’s seat on the Executive Committee, joining Arnaud Tissidre of Eramet and the new Chairman Peter Toth.

New Committee Members…

• EPD Division: Thomas Gluck, Baja Mining Corp.
• OHES Committee: G.P. Kundargi, MOIL
• Statistics Committee: Denny Sabah, Ronly Holdings Ltd.

Technical Tour…

Vale welcomed visitors to its HC FeMn plant in Dunkirk on Monday, June 14. Two presentations were given: one on the characteristics of the plant and the other on the freeze-lining technology recently installed. These were followed by a tour of the plant.  The day ended with a Vale hosted lunch. Both presentations can be found though the link given above.

Finally, IMnI extends its thanks to our sponsors and exhibitors…

IMnI would also like to thank its members companies that supported the event by sponsoring part of the social program. Thanks to Ronly Holdings for sponsoring our Welcome Cocktail, Minera Autlan for sponsoring Lunch on the first day, FerroAtlantica for sponsoring Lunch on the second day and to Eramet and Vale for sponsoring the Banquet Dinner at the Abbaye de Royaumont.

The IMnI would like to thank the two companies that took out exhibition stands at the event. They were Harlan Laboratories and Euroports / CTB Magemon. To learn more about what these exhibitors have to offer your company, please visit our industry partners and suppliers page by following this link:

 http://manganese.org/events/mn_industry_suppliers_and_partners