Cement Consumers Meeting in Rostov

Cement Consumers Meeting

7-8 April 2009, Vertol hotel, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

Organizer: RUSMET Group

Official Partner: Fild

Under the auspicious of Cement Suppliers and Consumers Association

The agenda

Real view:

·                     “Crisis” sales: sales policy specialties.

·                     Key market participants’ presentations: manufacturers, suppliers, and consumers.

·                     Survival and development basics: new market leaders’ experience.

·                     New pattern of co-operations in chain: cement manufacturer - constructor - residence buyer.

·                     Will Lafarge, Dyckerhoff AG, and HeidelbergCement introduce new 6 mln tons/year facilities in Russia?

·                     Transshipment in Russian ports Azov, Taganrog, and Rostov-on-Don. What has changed?

·                     Clients attracting methods.

·                     Barter agreements specialties.

·                     The ways of import contracts holding at the strengthening of US dollar.

·                     Alternative kinds of cement: white cement.

·                     Bulk imported cement. Are foreign investors interested in this issue development?

Market regulation:

·                     State support for constructors.

·                     The role of import in domestic prices regulation.

·                     Will the State be ready to cancel cement import duties in 2009?

·                     Offset and barter: latest changes of legislation.

·                     Which companies will get real State support?

Analysis: results of 2008 and forecast for 2009-2010:

·                     The condition of cement plants in Russia in 2009. Capacities. Payback of the investments into equipment update.

·                     Analysis and forecast of Russia’s cement and concrete markets development in 2007-2010.

·                     Cement quality: manufacturers’ research.

·                     Price-2009: consumers’ forecasts and expectations.

·                     Total volume of cement output in Russia. Russian manufacturers share in global production.

·                     Total import volume in 2008 (production countries and quantities).

·                     Comparison of 2009 figures with 2007…2008 results.

·                     Volumes imported to Russia in January-April 2009.

·                     Cement price level in Russia and in other countries’ markets.

·                     Estimated volume of Russia’s cement market in 2009. Growth or decline?

Exhibition

Stands of the market participants or interesting solutions suppliers.

Field trips (on the 2^nd day)

Ports and berths: key points on imported cement market.

The Organizers committee

Tel./Fax: +7(495) 980-0608

Elena Argunova

e.argunova@rusmet.ru

The registration fee is EUR 600