Metal Expert invites market participants to the 14th Middle East & North Africa Steel Conference to be held in Tangier, Morocco on October 30-31, 2024.

Day 1, October 30, 19:00 – 21:00 – Preliminary Registration followed by Gala Dinner

Day 2, October 31, 09:00 – 18:00 – Sessions` day

AGENDA

Spot steel trade in North Africa

– Global challenges: record growth in the semi-finished and finished steel products export from China amid general overcapacity in the sector; increasing trade protectionism in main import markets; import substitution

– Trade aspects: restart of Ukrainian export; changes in Iran’s export regulation amid a new political situation; higher costs of Russian steel production; logistics challenges for Indian suppliers due to the Red Sea crisis

– North Africa: region’s further transformation into a net exporter, as steel products consumption stagnates

– GCC region: role of mega-projects and their execution pace in market balance; potential increase of protectionism in the region

Focus on ferroalloys consumers in North Africa

– Changing bulk ferroalloys import flows in North Africa after the halt of Mn alloys production in Ukraine and the nationalizations of Russia’s Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Plant

– Prospects for steel production and consumption in the region in the context of global uncertainties, growing Chinese export and stagnation in Europe

– Export of ferroalloys from India as conventional trade flows through the Suez Canal are disrupted

– Opportunities for European alloys suppliers amid increased prices for Mn ore globally and domestic market stagnation

– Increase in Georgian ferroalloys export; prospects for supply growth in the region

– Prospects for Kazakhstan’s ferroalloys export

– Current situation and outlook for North African electrode market