29-30 September 2008 | 1 Whitehall Place, London, UK

Steel &The EnvironmentCarbon Abatement & Trading

To register or for further information, contact the Metal Bulletin Events team:Tel: +44 (0) 20 7779 8905 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7246 5200Email: mbstore@metalbulletin.com Online: www.metalbulletinstore.comFor sponsorship and exhibition opportunities please contact: Roger Cookeon + 44 (0) 20 7779 8905 or email: mbstore@metalbulletin.com

Guest speaker:

• Professor Robert Watson, Chief Scientific Advisor, UKDepartment of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK

Confirmed speakers include:• Axel Eggert, Director Public Affairs, Eurofer, Belgium• Ian Rodgers, Director, UK Steel, UK• Jean-Pierre Birat, European Coordinator of the ULCOS program & Director of the IISI CO2Breakthrough Program, ArcelorMittal & IISI

• Dr Paul Brooks, Director, Environment & Climate Change, Corus Group, UK• Tom Burke, Environmental Policy Advisor, Rio Tinto, UK• Steve Rowlan, General Manager, Environmental, Nucor, USA• Dr Hyeon Park, Team Leader, Environment Planning Team, Environment and EnergyDepartment, POSCO, Korea

• Mike Peters, Vice President / Manager of Environment, CMC Steel Group, USA• Christopher Beauman, Senior Advisor, European Bank for Reconstruction andDevelopment, UK

• Abyd Karmali, Managing Director, Global Head of Carbon Emissions,Merrill Lynch, UK• Mike Walsh, Director, Hatch Beddows, UK

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Benefits of attending:

• Fully understand the regulatory risksand future challenges – question theleading policy advisors.

• Analyse the strategic implicationsfor the steel sector – hear fromleading producers andcommentators.

• Benefit from in-depth analysis of thecarbon market in phase II & III –discover new trading opportunities.

• Explore carbon abatementtechnology – which technologies aremost effective?

• Exchange ideas with over 150executives.

According to the Stern Review climate change could have a very serious impact on growth and development. Although the costsof stabilising the climate are significant they are, nevertheless, manageable. The European Union is a global leader in climate

change legislation and will reduce GHG emissions by 20% by 2020. Climate change legislation is the single most important issueaffecting the steel industry in Europe. Given the importance of the steel industry to the economy and taking into account theEuropean steel industry’s vulnerability to carbon leakage... the stakes couldn’t be higher.

Metal Bulletin Events is pleased to announce details of its inaugural Steel & The Environment Conference. We have assembledleading governmental and corporate policy advisors, steel strategists, consultants, financial professionals and technical specialists toprovide you with unprecedented access to some of the most influential groups and individuals currently working on this issue.

How will you benefit from attending? • Analyse future regulatory risks in Europe, USA & the rest of the world • Understand the role of a sector wide approach in bringing about carbon abatement • Explore global, Asian and American steel producer’s strategies• Discuss the many strategic implications for the steel sector• Examine the outlook for carbon price in Phase II and Phase III – will it be high enough to bring about abatement? • Assess the threat from carbon leakage – what measure does EU ETS propose?• Benefit from CDM & JI opportunities• Discover which technologies will bring about most abatement • Is carbon capture and storage viable for steel – how can market mechanisms be used as a catalyst? • Participate in a workshop introducing and explaining carbon finance• Network with like-minded executives from the steel and financial markets

Delegate MessengerSystem Networking Opportunities - this is yourchance to speak to other registereddelegates and set up important businessmeets at the event.

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The system helps paid delegates tocommunicate with one another up toone month before the event. Pleasemake sure you include your emailaddress when registering!

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Guest Speaker:Professor Robert WatsonChief Scientific Advisor, UK Department of Environment, Food andRural Affairs, UKProfessor Watson’s career has evolved from research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory:California Institute of Technology, to a US Federal Government program Manager/Director at theNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to a Scientific/Policy Advisor in the USOffice of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), White House, to a Scientific Advisor, Manager andChief Scientist at the World Bank, to a Chair of Environmental Sciences at the University of EastAnglia, the Director for Strategic Direction for the Tyndall centre, and Chief Scientific Advisor to theUK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. In parallel to his formal positions he haschaired, co-chaired or directed international scientific, technical and economic assessments ofstratospheric ozone depletion, biodiversity/ecosystems (the GBA and MA), climate change (IPCC)and agricultural S&T (IAASTD). Professor Watson’s areas of expertise include managing andcoordinating national and international environmental programs, research programs andassessments; establishing science and environmental policies - specifically advising governmentsand civil society on the policy implications of scientific information and policy options for action;and communicating scientific, technical and economic information to policymakers. During the lasttwenty years he has received numerous national and international awards recognizing hiscontributions to science and the science-policy interface, including in 2003 - Honorary“Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George” from the United Kingdom.

This is the only conference dedicated to the subject of carbon abatement inthe steel industry. So don’t miss this unique opportunity. BOOK TODAY!

Steel & The Environment Carbon Abatement & Trading 29-30 September 2008 | 1 Whitehall Place, London, UK

Monday 29 September 200808:00 Registration desk opens

09:00 Chairperson’s opening remarks and introduction

Session 1:Climate change – the steel industry’sperspective

09:10 The European steel industry - achieving C02reductions and maintaining competiveness

Ian Rodgers, Director, UK Steel, UK

09:40 Breakthrough technology development in the Steel Industry to mitigate its CO2 emissions

Jean-Pierre Birat, European Coordinator ofthe ULCOS program & Director of the IISI CO2Breakthrough Program, ArcelorMittal & IISI

10:10 Corus & climate change - threat or opportunity?

Dr Paul Brooks, Director, Environment &Climate Change, Corus Group, UK

10:40 Refreshment and networking break

Session 2:Climate change policy in the E.U, U.S.A& Globally – politics and risk

11:10 Climate change - policy, politics & risk • Prospects for the global deal• Risks to the steel industry from success or failure • Policy taker or policy maker?

Tom Burke, Environmental Policy Advisor, Rio Tinto, UK

11:40 EU ETS - what measures does it propose to address carbon leakage?

Julia Reinaud, Policy Analyst, InternationalEnergy Agency, France

12:10 Exploring possible directions of US environmentalpolicy• A federal cap and trade system - industry reaction• Understanding Nucor’s environmental strategy

Steve Rowlan, General Manager,Environmental, Nucor, USA

12:40 Minimizing the effects of climate change - the UKapproachGuest Speaker: Professor Robert Watson,Chief Scientific Advisor, UK Department ofEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK

13:10 Lunch

Session 3:Strategic implications for the steel sector

14:50 What are the challenges and opportunities posedby EU ETS for EAF producers?• What does EU ETS mean to the future of EAFsteelmaking?

Mike Peters, Vice President / Manager ofEnvironment, CMC Steel Group, USA

15:20 Examining future carbon price• What are the lessons learned so far? • Implications of steel supply and demand on price

Mike Walsh, Director, Hatch Beddows, UK

15:50 Examining the strategic implications for the steelsector

Christopher Beauman, Senior Advisor,European Bank for Reconstruction andDevelopment, UK

16:20 Refreshment and networking break

16:50 Developing an emissions trading approach thatmanages carbon exposure and minimisescompliance costs

Abyd Karmali, Managing Director, GlobalHead of Carbon Emissions, Merrill Lynch, UK

Session 4:Spotlight on energy

17:20 Exploring the European energy market • Analysing the outlook in the energy market -implications for steel

• How EU ETS works for the power markets and what isthe role of the power sector in setting carbon price?

Ann Gardiner, Manager Energy Strategy,Ecofys, The Netherlands

Steel & The Environment Carbon Abatement & Trading 29-30 September 2008 | 1 Whitehall Place, London, UK

Session 5:Summary of day 1

17:50 Panel discussion: summary and further discussion• Phase III allocation debate• EU ETS - implications for long term financial planning• Opportunities in CDM and JI• What can be expected from carbon price in Phase II?

18:20 Conference drinks reception

19:20 Close of day 1

Tuesday 30 September 200808:30 Registration desk opens

09:00 Chairperson’s opening remarks

Session 6:Position Paper

09:10 Analysing the status quo of the legislativeprocedure on the EU ETS directive and the position of EUROFER• Proposal for a directive of the European Parliamentand of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve EU ETS

• What are the European Parliament and Council’spositions on the proposal?

• EUROFER’s position on waste gases, carbon leakage,benchmarks, indirect costs and internationalagreement

Axel Eggert, Director Public Affairs,EUROFER, Belgium

Session 7: The carbon markets and the steelindustry: the capital marketsperspective

09:40 Trading opportunities in regulated and unregulatedcarbon markets

Garth Edward, Head of EnvironmentalProducts, Citi, UK

10:10 The future of CDM• What role is the steel industry playing in CDM?

John Metzler, Senior Originator, RBS SempraCommodities, UK

10:40 Question and answer session

10:50 Refreshment and networking break

11:20 EU ETS phase II and III - policy outlook• Iron and steel and the global carbon market

Mauricio Bermudez-Neubauer, SeniorAnalyst, Point Carbon, UK

11:50 CASE STUDY: POSCO’s environmental policy - focuson climate change• Co2 reduction technology development• Energy saving activity• Carbon management systems

Dr Hyeon Park, Team Leader, EnvironmentPlanning Team, Environment & EnergyDepartment, POSCO, Korea

Session 8:Technology outlook

12:20 Which technologies achieve the most carbonabatement – what can be done and how muchmore can be achieved?

Michiel Freislich, Director, Hatch Iron &Steel, Australia

12:50 Lunch

14:20 – 16:20Workshop: Making emissions trading work forsteel: • Developing a trading strategy • Understanding market structure • Types of product • Speculation and hedging cases

Leader: Imtiaz Ahmad, Executive Director,Morgan Stanley, UK

16:30 Close of conference

Note: this programme is provisional only and both timings and content may be subject to change

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