Agenda
8.30
Registration and coffee
9.00
Opening remarks from the Chair
MARKET OUTLOOK
9.10
Outlook for the Australian Fertiliser Industry
Nick Drew, Executive Manager, Fertilizer Industry Federation of Australia
- Review of industry developments
- Interpretation of outlook
- Policy issues
- The drivers of demand
Nick Drew, Executive Manager, Fertilizer Industry Federation of Australia
9.50
Market Analysis – International fertiliser supply & demand
Andy Jung, Principal Consultant, British Sulphur Consultants, UK
- Factors affecting prices of fertilisers in Australia
- A look at potential new sources of fertiliser supply for Australian and international markets
- Australia’s potential as a supplier for local and international markets
Andy Jung, Principal Consultant, British Sulphur Consultants, UK
10.30
Morning tea
11.00
Senate report into the pricing and supply arrangements in the Australian and global fertiliser market
Senator Bill Heffernan MP, Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Agricultural & Related Industries, Liberal Senator for New South Wales
Senator Bill Heffernan MP, Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Agricultural & Related Industries, Liberal Senator for New South Wales
IMPROVING FERTILISER USE & SECURITY
11.40
The long-term perspective: pathways to phosphorus security
Stuart White, Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures
- Policy discussion, research and action to address challenges at international and national levels
- Short and long-term physical, economic and geopolitical scarcity of phosphate rock
- 'Soft-landing' pathways towards long-term phosphorus security
- More efficient use of phosphorus in agriculture - Reducing losses in the food chain
- Improving recovery and reuse rates of all sources of phosphorus
Stuart White, Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures
12.20
Lunch
SHIPPING
1.30
Shipping & transport – Issues
Speaker to be advised
- The role of sea freight in shipping prices – Recent bulk shipping price fluctuations
- Bulk fertiliser import protocols
- National security rules and regulations – Impact on supply and demand
Speaker to be advised
PROJECT UPDATES
2.10
The growing need for phosphate rock
Joseph Gutnick, President & CEO, Legend International Holdings Inc
- Global trends in phosphate demand
- The Legend Phosphate Project milestones achieved to date
- Legend’s Phosphate future goals
- Impact of Legend’s rock supply through IFFCO to Indian rural farmers
Joseph Gutnick, President & CEO, Legend International Holdings Inc
2.50
Update on Phosphate Progress at Corella Bore / PHM South Project in NW Queensland
Tony Alston, Managing Director, Krucible Metals Ltd
- Developing a high grade phosphate (DSO) mine without need for beneficiation
- Analying the 2009 drilling results showing consistent high grade intersections
- Proving the inferred resource – Over 2km drilled to date & further drilling underway
- Developing a scoping study, economics & project path for Krucible at PHM South
Tony Alston, Managing Director, Krucible Metals Ltd
3.30
Afternoon tea
4.00
The Geolsec Phosphate project – Developing the project with a negligible environmental footprint
Andrej K. Karpinski, Executive Director, Korab Resources Limited
- Reducing the use of soluble fertilisers
- Environmental and community benefits
- Reducing Australia's demand for imported fertilisers
Andrej K. Karpinski, Executive Director, Korab Resources Limited
4.40
Closing comments from chair
4.50
Special industry networking drinks
8.30
Morning refreshments and networking
9.00
Opening remarks from the chair
COAL TO FERTILISER
9.10
Perdaman Industries – An update on the Collie urea plant
Vikas Rambal, Chairman & Managing Director, Perdaman Industries
- Clean coal gasification to convert coal into urea
- Carbon sequestration - Delivering a low emissions future
- Establishing Australia as global supplier of urea
Vikas Rambal, Chairman & Managing Director, Perdaman Industries
9.50
Delivering improved crop yields through Australia's massive coal deposits
Allan Blood, Executive Chairman, Australian Energy Company Limited
- Minimising the reengineering/design through the use of off-the-shelf designs
- Reducing costs and risks in achieving the optimum output
- Utilising Victoria’s significant brown coal (lignite) reserves as feedstock as opposed to natural gas
- Developing coal gasification and syngas conversion process including CO2 capture that will yield an environmentally responsible project
Allan Blood, Executive Chairman, Australian Energy Company Limited
10.30
Morning tea
PROJECT UPDATE
11.00
Wonarah and Namibian Rock Phosphate Projects Update
Andrew Drummond, Managing Director, Minemakers Ltd
- Minemakers is developing the Wonarah rock phosphate project in the Northern Territory, with production planned for the first half of 2010
- Creating a strong Australian exporter in the world phosphate raw materials business
- Minemakers recently acquired control of Bonaparte Diamond Mines NL, and of its 42.5% interest in the extensive Namibian marine phosphate project
- Wonarah rock phosphate deposit in the Northern Territory – beginning production in 2010
- Completion of the Wonarah feasibility study and the Namibian study is well under way
- Exporting Wonarah product to Asian customers, Namibian production to target India and the Americas
Andrew Drummond, Managing Director, Minemakers Ltd
11.40
Update on the Colluli Potash project in Eritrea
Lorry Hughes, Managing Director, South Boulder Mines
Lorry Hughes, Managing Director, South Boulder Mines
PROJECT FINANCE
12.20
Project finance – Securing project success and finance when markets are down
Speaker to be advised.
- Improving access to capital
- Special considerations associated with fertiliser projects
- Reducing finance risk factors
- Selecting the optimal financing structure for your project
Speaker to be advised.
1.00
Networking lunch and close of conference
