THE Cobalt Conference 2006 Schedule

Registration Hours

09.00 -10.30 am     Wednesday, 17 May 2006

Schedule

Wednesday 17 May 2006                     

10.30 am            Programme commences          
12.30 pm            Lunch                                    
02.30 pm            Programme continues           
05.30 pm            End of Session I
06.30-07.30 pm   Reception

Thursday 18 May 2006

08.30 am            Continental Breakfast

09.00 am            Session II

12.15 pm            Conference ends
12.30 pm            Reception & Lunch

Provisional Programme

We have not yet set the programme but presentations will include:

•  Strategic issues cobalt - Peter Searle, CRU Strategies
•  Review of cobalt from Morocco
•  New cobalt production in Zambia - Stefan Hayden, Caledonia

           Mining Corporation

•  Update of cobalt supply as a by-product of nickel - James Peart,

           Sherritt Metals Corporation

•  Cobalt in India - Vipul Porwal, Nicomet
•  Cobalt in China - Ms Xu Aidong, Antaike Information Centre
•  The recycling of cobalt-containing products
•  Latest developments in rechargeable batteries
•  Developments in the hardmetal industry - William Hsu,

            Kennametal, Inc.

•  Trends in GTL
•  Cobalt in superalloys
•  Practical implications of the EU New Chemicals Management 

           Policy for the cobalt industry - Tom Brock/Ryan Welton