SHANGHAI--(Business Wire)--Global commodities prices have been staying high since the beginning of 2011, resulting in the “TENSION” in various countries’ energy control and hikes in coal prices. However, the ensuing natural disasters, political instability in world economy, policy control in supplying countries and the strong demand in emerging markets are all driving the global coal prices up. Under the circumstances, how will the governments respond? How can the industry’s key players survive?

As a leading platform in the coal industry, the 5th Asia Pacific Coal Trading & Investment Outlook (APCTO) will be held on September 20-22 in Guangzhou City of China, continuing to focus on Asia Pacific coal market which accounts for 60% of the world seaborne trade. The conference will discuss hot issues highly concerned by insiders, including China’s VAT, China’s power shortage, Mongolia’s coal policy, the Tavan Tolgoi incident, Indonesia’s export restriction, South Africa’s rise, India’s demand, reconstruction in Japan and Q3 and Q4 forecasts for the Asian market.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Mr. Patrick Markey, Chief Operating Officer, Global Coal Limited

• Mr. Supriatna Suhala, Executive Director, Indonesia Coal Mining Association (ICMA)

• Mr. Hu Jun, Deputy Chief Engineer, Shougang Group

• Mr. Tshepo Kgadima, President & CEO, LontohCoal Limited (South Africa)

• Mr. Raymond Chirwa, CEO, Richards Bay Coal Terminal Company Limited

• Mr. Huang Teng, General Manager, CLT Consultancy Co., Limited

• Mr. Masato Uchiyama, Executive Officer and Director of Energy Business, J-Power

• Mr. Phalguni Guha, Chief General Manager (Coal Videsh), Coal India Limited

About APCTIO

APCTIO organized by CBI has seen success during the past 5 years and has attracted thousands of delegates from all over the world. The past events received significant support from professional institutions like China National Coal Association (CNCA), Indonesian Coal Mining Association (ICMA), Mongolian National Mining Association (MNMA), Mongolian Coal Association and IEA & CoallinQ. The conference has become a grand gathering of the Asia Pacific coal industry and proved to be an international grand event highly valued by industry players.

More information please access http://apcoal.cbichina.com.

Contacts:

CBI China

Claire Zhang, +86-21-51551609

clairezhang@cbichina.com