The second Coaltrans Mongolia Conference has started today and will continue for two days on May 23-24, 2012, at Chinggis Khaan Hotel, Ulaanbaatar. 

At the conference, presentations will be held by today’s industry leaders such as CEO of Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC Graeme Hancock, the President of Bechtel Asia Steven Kartzman and the CEO of Mongolian Mining Corporation Dr. G.Battsengel. A total of 103 domestic and foreign companies, from 20 countries, such as Australia, Hong Kong, the People’s Republic of China, Japan, Germany, Estonia and Switzerland, are participating in this international conference. 

The two day conference is to be divided into 8 separate sessions, with 4 sessions slotted on each day. The first session will be held under the theme of “Government Key Notes”, where the Head of Finance and Investment Office, Ministry of Road, Transportation, Construction and Urban Development of Mongolia Yo.Manlaibaatar will hold a presentation on “Infrastructures central role in the development of Mongolia’s coal mining industry”, the Director of the Department of Fuel Policy of the Mongolian Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy A.Erdenepurev will hold a presentation on “Understanding the crucial role of mining in Mongolia’s growth story” and the Chairman of the Foreign Investment and Foreign Trade Agency of Mongolia B.Ganzorig will hold a presentation on the “Future outlook for the development of Mongolia’s coal mining industry”, followed by questions and discussions. The following three sessions allotted for Day 1 will be “Industry Keynotes”, “Supplying Meeting Demand” and “Accessing Finance for Successful Mining Projects”.

The Coaltrans Conferences Ltd is a company that provides conferences and training courses aimed at everyone involved in the coal industry, such as coal production, coal transportation and coal trading, and produces high-caliber conferences, exhibition and training courses for the international industry and interconnects various leading coal bodies on new developments and emerging trends in the global coal and energy sectors. The first Coaltrans Mongolia Conference was organized on June 21-22, 2011, and is a unique opportunity to see and understand at first hand the developments of one of the last remaining coal frontiers. 

The 2nd Coaltrans Mongolia Conference is appealing to participants to provide need-to-know information for creating business development strategies, provide them with an opportunity to be positioned as a key player in Mongolia’s future and to develop long lasting business connections to further one’s exposure in Mongolia. The plans for this 2nd conference is to amend the mining law and ongoing research into the best ways of adding value, which are significant factors in the development of this industry.

The main sponsors of the 2nd Coaltrans Mongolia Conference are the Mongolian Mining Corporation and the Wagner Asia Equipment LLC working as Platinum Sponsors, Leighton Asia as Silver Sponsor and Alfred H Knight Group, Prophesy Coal Corp, Clyde&Co and XacBank working as the Bronze Sponsors. Also, there are 25 supporting organizations, including the Business Council for Mongolia, FIFTA, Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bulkinside, International Bulk Journal, also www.InfoMongolia.com works as a media partner for the 2nd Coaltrans Mongolia Conference.

The following Coaltrans Conferences have already been scheduled:

- 18th Coaltrans Asia to be held on June 03-06, 2012, in BICC, Bali, Indonesia

- 5th Coaltrans Brazil to be held on June 25-26, 2012, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

For more information, please visit the official website of Coaltrans Conferences: www.coaltrans.com