Coals & Bulk Commodities Conference 2019
The Future of Coals & Bulk Commodities
21 August 2019 - Balalaika Hotel, Sandton

Afriforesight
Registration & Refreshments
Panel 1: The Modern Bulk Environment
Chaired by: Jacques Botha, Afriforesight, Chairman
Matleng Energy Solutions, Chairman
Independent Energy Thought Leader
The Beijing Axis, MD and Founding Director
Malan Scholes Attorneys, Director
Pitfalls in Africa's mining regulations
Leveraging partnerships with China
Energy trends for mining
Interactive Q & A Session
Global developments impacting bulk commodities
Eskom's stranglehold on the SA economy & the beneficiation industry in particular
Panel 2: Transport, Logistics & Extraction Costs
Chaired by: Vis Reddy, SRK Consulting, Managing Director
Transnet Freight Rail, GM: Coal
Barloworld Equipment, Head of Strategy
Afriforesight, Head of Energy Commodities
Bridgestone, Executive Manager OTR
Streamlining costs and logistics
Tyres
Costs forecasts: Tyres, HMEs, and explosives
Heavy moving equipment
Afriforesight, Chief Commodity Analyst
Costs forecasts: SA electricity and
bulk dry shipping
Interactive Q & A Session
Refreshments & Networking
Panel 3: Major Bulk Ores in Africa
Chaired by: Chabisi Motloung, Afarak General Manager and FAPA Chairman
The case for iron ore & bulk commodities
in South Africa
Afrimat, Head of Business Dev't & Group Strategy
Stainless steel complex forecasts: Chrome
ore and ferrochrome
Afriforesight, Chief Commodity Analyst
Steel complex forecasts: Iron ore and
manganese ore
Afriforesight, Head of Construction Costs
Manganese mining in Africa:
Ghana, Gabon, and South Africa
Manganese Mining Specialist
Chrome ore mining in Southern Africa
Assore, Director: Operations
Interactive Q & A Session
Panel 4: The Coals
A new model to develop coal mining
in South Africa
Forecasts for South African coals
Butsanani Energy (JV Anglo Coal & Vunani), CEO
Sasol Mining, Vice President, Export Value Chain
Buffalo Coal, Sales and Marketing Manager
Afriforesight, Head of Energy Commodities
Minerals Council SA, Chief Economist
The PIC, Mining, Beneficiation & Energy Specialist
The rarer coals: Coking coal & Anthracite
Coal mining challenges
Investment case for coal mining
in South Africa
Pressures facing coal miners in Mpumalanga
Interactive Q & A Session
Concluding Networking Luncheon
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