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Key speakers:• Walter Hammerer, Director of Purchasing Raw Materials, RHI AG, Germany• Alexander Brown, Product Development Manager, James Durrans and Sons, UK• Gary Economo, Chief Executive Officer, Focus Metals Inc, Canada • Michael Hudson, Director, Burke Resources Ltd, Canada• Paul Ogilvie, CEO, Mega Graphite, Canada• Klaus Rathberger, Managing Director, Georg H. Luh GmbH, Germany • Gerry Hand, Vice President of Marketing, Superior Graphite, USA• Matimba Khoza, Managing Director, Jonkel Carbons and Graphites (Pty) Ltd, South Africa • Jack Lifton, Founding Principal, Technology Metals Research LLC, USA • Juan Carlos Zuleta, Lithium Economics Analyst, Seeking Alpha, Bolivia • Jonathan Lee, Battery Materials and Technologies Analyst, Byron Capital Markets, Canada • George Hawley, President, George C. Hawley and Associates Minerals Consultants, USA• Gerard Anderson, Managing Director, Archer Exploration Limited, Australia • John G. Clark, Product and Market Development Manager and Specialist Carbon Scientist, Sasol Synfuels, South Africa

• Mr M B Gadgil, Executive Director, Graphite India Ltd, India • Fabrizio Corti, Senior VP Sales & Business Development, Timcal Group, Switzerland • Sandio Pereira, Superintendente de Novos Projetos Minerais, Magnesita, Brazil • Mark Muzzin, Managing Director, Strategic Energy Resources, Australia • Dr Heinz-Jurgen Büchner, Managing Director, Industrials/Automotive, IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, Germany

• Dr Dan Carter, Manager, Fuel Cell Today, UK • Dr Gareth Neighbour, Head of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University and Chairman, British Carbon Group, UK

• Dr Julian Norley, Senior Corporate Fellow, Advanced Energy, GrafTech International Holdings Inc, USA

• Dr Tony Wickham, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Manchester and Owner, Nuclear Technology Consultancy, UK

• Dr Michael Murray, Global Technical Director, Engineered Materials Division, Morgan Crucible plc., UK

• Greg Bowes, CEO, Nothern Graphite, Canada• Don Baxter, President, Northern Graphite, Canada • Dr Roland Muller, Key Account Manager Anode Materials, New Markets, SGL Carbon, Germany • Stephen Riddle, President, Asbury Graphite Mills, USA• Jamie Deith, President, Eagle Graphite Corporation, Canada

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Day one: Tuesday 6 December 201108:30 Registration desk opens

09:00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks Alexander Brown, Product Development Manager,James Durrans Group, UK

09:15 Developing Markets for Natural Graphite• Where is Graphite going? Lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells andother energy storage devices

• The nuclear option? Graphite for nuclear reactors• Plastics composites

George Hawley, President, George C. Hawley andAssociates Mineral Consultants, USA

09:45 Graphite – A Miner’s Perspective• The situation for miners in the graphite industry• Current and future trends• Markets, opportunities and challenges

Greg Bowes, CEO, Northern Graphite, Canada

10:15 125 Years of Carbon and Graphite Materials Science –from Arc Carbons to Smart Phones• Global presence and product variety – creating success in theinvention and commercialisation of carbon and Graphite products

• Arc carbons, brushes and electrodes – manufacturingcomponents for traditional industries

• Fuel cells, solar and smart phones – graphite in new technologies

Dr Julian Norley, Senior Corporate Fellow, AdvancedEnergy, GrafTech International Holdings Inc, USA

11:00 Refreshment Break

Session I: Keynote Speakers: The Graphite Industry: Recovery and Growth

Session 2: The Next Strategic Material?

Chairman: Paul Ogilvie, CEO, Mega Graphite

11:30 The Role of Graphite and Mineral Trading Companies• The old and new roles of traders in the industry• Graphite consumption in the European market• Ideas and perspectives for future graphite applications and markets

Klaus Rathberger, Managing Director, Georg H. Luh GmbH, Germany

12:00 Sales and Business Development in the Graphite IndustryFabrizio Corti, Senior VP, Sales and BusinessDevelopment, Timcal Group, Switzerland

12:30 Panel: Can New Graphite Projects be Justified?• Will traditional uses of Graphite continue to set trends or areother end-uses set to take over?

• Is there too much hype about new applications?• How easy is it to get customers for Graphite and where will theycome from?

• Will traditional industry be willing to pay the ever-increasingprices for Graphite?

Mark Muzzin, Managing Director,Strategic Energy Resources, AustraliaDon Baxter, President, Northern Graphite, CanadaDr Julian Norley, Senior Corporate Fellow,Advanced Energy, Graftech International Holdings Ltd, USAJamie Deith, President,Eagle Graphite Corporation, Canada

13:15 Lunch

Stream A: Mining and ExplorationChairman: George Hawley14:15 Introduction

George Hawley, President, George C. Hawley and Associates, USA

Positioning and Adapting to a Rationalized GlobalGraphite Market• Focus Metals: a market view• Assuming a leading Global Position for Technology Graphite• Preparing for the Graphene revolution and being your ownbest customer

Gary Economo, President and CEO, Focus Metals, Canada

14:45 Mega Graphite: Global Production and Technology• Customers and products• Raw material diversity and the Mega Graphite Solution• Battery grade graphite and patents

Paul Ogilvie, CEO, Mega Graphite

15:15 Rebirth of Flake Graphite Production in Sweden: The Woxna Project• Burke Resources Ltd’s acquisition of the Woxna project in Sweden

• Bringing the project back into operation• Value and quality of the resource, and the benefits associatedwith the project’s strategic position

Michael Hudson, Director, Burke Resources Ltd, Canada

15:45 Refreshment Break

16:15 The Uley Graphite Project, Australia• Selecting partners for mining projects• Choosing a development pathMark Muzzin, Managing Director, Strategic Energy Resources

16:45 Africa: An Untapped Resource• The quality and abundance of Africa’s unexplored Graphitedeposits – what does the region have to offer?

• Jonkel Carbons’ operations in Limpopo Province: the value ofthe source, production capacity and future plans

• Opportunities for manufacturing Graphite productsMatimba Khoza, Managing Director, Jonkel Carbons, South Africa

17:15 The Graphite Project from Magnesita• The geological resource of Magnesita• Outlining the project and its production capacity• The Graphite consumption from Magnesita group and otherlikely demands

• Latest news and developmentsSandio Pereira, Superintendente de NovosProjetos Minerais, Magnesita, Brazil

17:45 Australia’s Eyre Peninsula Cleve Uplands Graphite Deposits• An overview of operations in the region• Value and capacity of Eyre Peninsula as a graphite resource• The future of Archer Explorations graphite projectsGerard Anderson, Managing Director, Archer Exploration Limited, Australia

18:15 Networking Drinks Reception and Close of Conference

Stream B: Processing and Product ManufacturingChairman: Walter Hammerer14:15 Introduction

Walter Hammerer, Director of Purchasing RawMaterials, RHI AG, GermanyThe Amorphous Graphite Market• The poor cousin of high value flake, or an essential resource?• Supply situation• Market trends

Stephen Riddle, President, Asbury Graphite Mills, USA

14:45 Global Steel Industry 2015: Demand, Supply andLimited Raw Materials• The global steel industry – current and future trends indemand and supply

• The impact of limited raw material resources on global steel casting

• What does this mean for Graphite?

Dr Heinz-Jurgen Büchner, Managing Director, Industrials/Automotive, IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, Germany

15:15 Graphite India’s Operations: Engineering Graphite ComponentsM B Gadgil, Executive Director, Graphite India Ltd, India

15:45 Refreshment Break

16:15 Graphite in the Silicon Value Chain• Polysilicon, Semi-Conductors• Photovolatics and LEDs

Senior Representative, Tokai Carbon, UK

16:45 New Developments in Synthetic Carbons: The Production of Highly Anisotropic Carbon fromWaxy Oil• Project overview: breaking new developments in syntheticcarbon technology

• The first ever production of highly anisotropic graphitisablecarbon from Waxy Oil

• What the potential for producing highly graphitisable syntheticcarbons could mean for the graphite industry

John G. Clark, Product and Market DevelopmentManager and Specialist Carbon Scientist, Sasol Synfuels, South Africa

17:15 Artificial Graphite for Lithium-ion Batteries• Properties of artificial carbon/graphite and how to manufacturethese materials

• Artificial graphite requirements for lithium-ion batteries• Graphite demand for automotive application

Dr. Roland Mueller, Key Accounts Manager,Anode Materials, SGL Carbon, Germany

18:15 Networking Drinks Reception and Close of Conference

Session 3: Mining and Exploration, Processing and Product Manufacturing: Focused Streams

Delegates are welcome to stay with one stream, or attend presentations in both streams by moving between roomsduring the course of the afternoon.

After speaker presentations, the separate streams will rejoin one another for an evening of drinks and networking.

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Session 5: Panel: Lithium-Ion Batteries and Fuel Cells – The Future of Energy Storage?

11:00 The Growth of the Lithium-ion Battery Market• The impact of different industries on graphite demand• The importance of graphite in the growth of the lithium-ionbattery market

• Possible substitutions for graphite

Jonathan Lee, Battery Materials and Technology Analyst, Equity Research, Byron Capital Markets, Canada

11:30 An Analytical Perspective on the Lithium-ion Battery Industry• Prospects for Lithium-ion batteries – a realistic future for energy storage?

• Is the current euphoria for electric vehicles a temporary or along-term phenomen

Juan Carlos Zuleta, Lithium Economics Analyst,Seeking Alpha, Bolivia

12:00 The Fuel Cell Today Industry Review, 2011• Introduction and the history of fuel cells• Current state of the industry and its relevance to Graphite• Outlook for future growth

Dr Dan Carter, Manager, Fuel Cell Today, UK

12:30 Lunch

Day two: Wednesday 7 December 2011Session 4: Keynote Speakers

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09:00 Technology and Markets for High Purity Flake Graphite:Energy, Thermal Management, Friction and More• Types of high purity, high performance graphites and their uses• Unique technologies for producing these materials

Gerry Hand, VP Marketing, Superior Graphite, USA

09:30 Building Shareholder Value from the Graphene Revolution• The Mine-to-Market-to Graphene Application Business Model• The Quality Factor: a quality graphite source is everything• Owning the Patents: royalties and licensing mean sustainable value

Gary Economo, CEO, Focus Metals, Canada

10:00 Advanced Carbon Technologies: A Driving Force forClean Energy Evolution and Energy Efficiency• How innovation in carbon-based materials will play a role inmaking clean energy a long-term reality

• Achieving energy efficiency through carbon technologies:infrastructure, pumping systems and high-temperature processing

Dr Michael Murray, Global Technical Director,Engineered Materials Division, Morgan Crucible plc., UK

10:30 Refreshment Break

Session 6: Nuclear Graphite and Investment Potential

13:30 “Nuclear Graphite: The End of the Beginning?” • Graphite as a nuclear moderator and structural material• Supporting current graphite-reactor operations• The contribution of nuclear power generation to sustainability• Graphite as a radioactive waste material – innovative options

Dr Tony Wickham and Dr Gareth Neighbour,Treasurer and Chairman, British Carbon Group, UK

14:30 Graphite: A Diamond in the Rough for Investors?Jack Lifton, Founding Principal,Technology Metals Research, LLC, USA

15:30 Chairman’s Closing remarks

15:45 Close of Conference

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6-7 December 2011 Jumeirah Carlton Hotel, Knightsbridge, London

Graphite Conference

This December, Industrial Minerals Events is proud tobe running the first event of its kind, dedicatedexclusively to the global graphite industry. Coveringtopics from production and processing, to markets –old and new – and inspiring new developments ingraphite technology, the conference will provideplatform for a first class line-up of speakers todiscuss the issues facing this dynamic industry.

Following a market slow-down in the 1990s, graphiteprices are again on the move. Ongoing industrialisationof China, India and other emerging economies hasresulted in strong demand from traditional steel,industrial and automotive markets. New applicationssuch as lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells and nuclearpower have the potential to create significant demandgrowth in the future.

From the natural mineral perspective, costs areincreasing and supply is tightening. With China showinga levelling off in production and export growth, and newapplications pushing up demand, this is a time for bothopportunities and challenges for market participants.Named by both the European Union and the USA as acritical supply mineral, mining and exploration projects innatural graphite producing regions are taking advantageof the price rises of this increasingly coveted mineral.Buyers, on the other hand, are being forced to passcosts down the supply chain in order to counterincreasing outlays in raw materials.

For synthetic producers, material shortages, energyprices and strong demand are leading to price jumps.These, in turn, are encouraging manufacturers to look at innovative options to reduce costs. New technologyand product innovation is buoyant in this industry, andthe demand for specialised components continues tooffer new prospects and openings at all levels of thesupply chain.

Over two days, the event will feature presentations from key figures in the industry addressing issues facingboth the natural and synthetic graphite markets. The comprehensive agenda will also include mining and exploration, and processing and product-manufacture focused streams, panel discussions, and networking sessions.

Join major market participants, analysts, scientists, andmany more for this inaugural event in London, thisDecember, for a chance to gain an insight into the futureof this exciting industry.

Reasons to attend:w Gain extensive knowledge of the graphiteindustry and the surrounding macroeconomicenvironment from the sectors top speakers.

w Hear from a roster of experts on currentgraphite and graphene applications andforecasts, for 2012 and beyond.

w Network with key industry figures frommajor research and development projects,from mining and refining to end productmanufacture and investment.

w Discuss and secure futures in the exclusiveKnightsbridge district, in the heart of London ashort walk from many of the major destinations.

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