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IHS CERA is pleased to announce that the Global Steam Coal Roundtable will be taking place in Bali on November 30th.

Steam coal exporters have been enjoying spectacular volume growth over the past year as demand in, first, China and India and, second, the Tiger Economies has accelerated. Indonesia’s miners have been particular beneficiaries of this trend, along with those in Australia, South Africa, and, since early 2010, the Colombians. But are the good times coming to an end? This Roundtable assesses the future development of the Chinese market and of the other principal demand centers, along with trading patterns and the relationships between different suppliers, to explain what strategies suppliers and buyers should be adopting to confront potential change.

• China’s massive coal production growth this year has raised concerns that a surplus is already building there. China’s presence in the international steam coal market—insignificant two years ago—now accounts for 12 percent of total trade, so a retraction of import demand there could impact heavily on international prices and supplier profitability. A major feature of this Roundtable is an examination of the future development of the Chinese power sector, both near and medium term.
• Although China has taken the lion’s share of the market’s attention, markets elsewhere have also been increasing their imports substantially, owing in part to ongoing development but also to growing demand as economies have worked their way out of macroeconomic crisis. This Roundtable assesses the growth prospects of the major individual markets.
• Booming import demand in Asia, combined with a flat Atlantic sector, has caused massive changes in the pattern of global steam coal trade, to the point where the traditional divisions between the Atlantic and Pacific markets seem increasingly insignificant. Low freights have narrowed the differentials between suppliers, while changes in currency values are affecting their cost profiles. This Roundtable assesses the potential extent and implications of the changes taking place in the distribution of supply.

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