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mjunctionedge - the content and conference division of mjunction services limited, India’s largest eCommerce company, promoted by SAIL and TATA Steel in association with Metal Bulletin Events, London, is organising the 3rd Indian Metals Conference, a two day conference on the metals industry from 19-20th November 2008 at Trident Hotel, Mumbai.

An industry insight of the metals and mining sector estimates that only 10% of India's land mass has been explored for its mineral wealth and hence it’s high time that the government while assessing new ways to entice foreign investment prospects into the Indian metals industry emphasises on India's mining policies and the much needed reforms to increase the Country’s metal supplying capacity.

The Conference by mjunctionedge will intend to identify the concern areas of Indian metal industry and will expect industry stalwarts from the metals and mining sector put in their opinions and views on the availability and supply of raw materials in the context of significant growth of demand for metals.

As one of the largest knowledge exchange platforms for the metals and mineral industry, mjunctionedge endeavors to stimulate ideas and catalyse solutions to fulfill the growing demand for metals. Commenting on the conference, Mr. Viresh Oberoi, Managing Director, mjunction services limited said, “How will base metals fare in a climate of economic uncertainty? How will global economic factors affect exchange traded metal price? What would be the supply and demand for aluminium, copper, lead and zinc? How much growth is expected and which metals are likely to benefit? Indian Metals Conference will address and find solutions to such issues and we are optimistic on the positive outcomes of the conference which will provide a direction and guidance to the Indian metal industry.”

The conference which will witness a congregation of leaders from the metals and the mining industry in India and abroad such as MMTC India Ltd, Hindustan Copper Ltd, National Aluminum Company Ltd, Tata Steel, Deccan Gold Mines Ltd, BALCO and Metal Bulletin, PLC, UK, and many more will throw light on the perspectives, trends and analysis on key issues of the metals industry like impact on the usage of metal in an advent of global slowdown, affect of global economic factor on the exchange traded price of metals, investors approach in the commodity markets and a special overview on precious metals like impact on gold prices in the context of the weakening dollar value.

The expert panel of the Conference will include Mr. Satish Gupta, Chairman, Hindustan Copper Ltd, Mr. Ansuman Das, Chairman, National Aluminium Company Ltd, Mr. Gunjan Gupta, CEO, BALCO, Mr. S. C. Bhargav, Executive Vice President & Head, Electrical & Automotive, L&T Ltd, Mr. Sandeep Lakhwara, Managing Director, Deccan Gold Mines Ltd, Dr. Ajit Ranade, Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group, Dr. Amitava Bandopadhyay, Advisor, National Metallurgical Laboratory, Mr. R Ramaseshan, Managing Director & CEO, National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange, Mr. Leon Westgata, Commodity Analyst, Standard Bank PLC, UK, Pepi Bedi, AGM, Structured Trade and Commodity Finance Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Ltd, Mr. Michael Jansen, JP Morgan Securities Ltd, UK and many more eminent speakers from around the World.

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