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Agenda

10.00 - 11.40 Hrs Inaugural Session: laissez-faire – Challenges & Opportunities in a free market
11.40 - 12.00 Hrs Tea Break
12.00 - 13:00 Hrs Plenary Session: Creative destruction – How PSU miners are going to embrace an open market
13:00 - 14.00 Hrs Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30 Hrs Session 3: Commercial terms – Finding a foothold alongside legacy miners
15.30 - 15:45 Hrs Tea Break
15.45 - 17.00 Hrs Session 4: Exchange notes – Predicting the shape of the new market
17.00 - 17.15 Hrs Tea Break
17.15 - 18.30 Hrs Session 5: Balanced scorecard – Can India really turn around underground mining?
18.30 - 19.00 Hrs Networking Break
19.00 - 22.00 Hrs Awards Night & Cocktail Dinner
10:00 - 11.30 Hrs Session 6: Geo-storm – Navigating seaborne trade in times of global uncertainties
11:30 - 11:45 Hrs Tea Break
11.45 - 13.15 Hrs Session 7: Comparative advantage – South Africa
13.15 - 14.00 Hrs Lunch Break
14.00 - 15.15 Hrs Session 8: New frontier – Russia
15.15 - 15.30 hrs Tea Break
15.30 - 16.45 Hr Session 9: Derived demand – Changing share of coal in power & cement’s fuel mix
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About the Indian Coal Markets Conference

While India is closing in on its 1 billion tons of production landmark, the domestic coal industry is undergoing a sea change. Rapid growth in output from captive and commercial mines, application of cutting-edge technologies, efficient logistics network, setting up of a (proposed) coal exchange and deregulation of pricing are throwing the sector open, gradually and consistently! These transformative moves will not only lead to competitive pricing, but also better allocation of resources, thus unlocking India’s vast coal reserves and creating new opportunities for economic growth and employment.

To capture the essence of these exciting times, mjunction services limited is going to organise the 18th Indian Coal Markets Conference at Taj Bengal in Kolkata on March 3-4, 2025. The theme of this year's conference has been chosen as Future of coal: Towards a free market.

Some key topics to be discussed in the conference::

  • Coal exchange or private deals? Marketing strategy in a free market.
  • How does CIL plan to retain its leadership in the competitive era?
  • Staying well-funded: How private miners are competitively funding capex?
  • Pricing in a free market: How to optimise realisations in a buyers’ market?
  • Will exchange-based trading destabilize the auctions market?
  • What is the traders’ take on the proposed coal exchange?
  • Can Railways cope with coal exchange’s logistics requirements?
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  • Decarbonization in cement: what will be the impact on coal demand?
  • Can India become a price-setter in coking and thermal coal import deals?
  • Seaborne thermal coal prices: What does 2025 hold in store?
  • Seaborne met coal market: A mid-term outlook on demand and prices.
  • Ocean freight rates: A stable year ahead?
  • Dwindling coal exports: How can SA address its rail bottlenecks?
  • The new coal trade route: Implications for Russian coal in Indian market?

Some of our Past Speakers

Speakers
Vinaya Varma

MD & CEO, mjunction services limited

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Amrit Lal Meena

Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India

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B Veera Reddy

Director (Technical), CIL & CMD, CCL

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Debasish Nanda

Director (Business Development), Coal India Ltd

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Anil Kumar Pandey

MD, Jindal Power

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Paul Baruya

Director - Strategy & Sustainability, FutureCoal Global Alliance

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C N Singh

Executive Director, Jindal Power

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Divyesh Kalan

CEO, Orevest

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Shubham Goel

VP, SBI Caps

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Om Prakash

Executive VP, Mines, Jindal Power

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V K Arora

President, Indian Coal Merchants Association

Speakers
Xavier Prevost

Chief Advisor, XMP Consulting

Speakers
Saurabh Chaturvedi

Deputy Editor – Solid Fuels, Argus Media

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Aditi Tiwari

Kallanish Commodities

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Arnab Sinha

Founder & Chief Scientist, Novonanmek Material Sciences

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Sanket Singh

Partner, Grant Thorton

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Debarka Chakraborty

Principal Consultant, Dastur Group

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Vaibhav Chakraborty

Editor, Global Thermal Coal, S&P Global

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Aadil Keshwani

Managing Director, John Finlay India Pvt Ltd.

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Sanjib Rajderkar

Head, Upstream Business Finance & Coal Procurement, Hindalco

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Ram Narayanan

Director (Market Development), Vedanta Ltd.

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Dr Sanjay Kumar Gupta

CPO, Adani Group

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Ashim K Mukherjee

Sr. Technical Advisor, Universal MEP Projects & Engineering Services

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Dr. Peeyush Kumar

GM (BD), CIL and former OSD, Ministry of Coal

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FAQs for Indian Coal Markets Conference 2025

18th Indian Coal Markets Conference (ICMC) is being held at hotel Taj Bengal in Kolkata on March 3-4, 2025.

Taj Bengal hotel, located at 34-B, Belvedere Rd, Alipore, Kolkata 700027, is 45 minutes’ drive from the airport. The venue is opposite Alipore Zoological Gardens and close to Calcutta Race Course.

In case of any payment failure or difficulty faced in making online payment, please write immediately to info@indiancoalmarkets.com with a screenshot of the failed payment and your contact details.

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All cancellations must be received in writing by 20th February 2025 for a full refund, less 25% administrative charges. We cannot accept any verbal cancellations. Cancellations received after 20th February 2025 are liable for the full conference fee. However, substitutions can be sent to attend in your place at no extra charge. Registrations after 20th February 2025 are still liable for the full conference fee in case of cancellation. If owing to a force majeure, mjunction services ltd. is obliged to postpone or cancel the event, mjunction services ltd. will not be liable for any expenses incurred by delegates or their organisations. Badge swapping with other registered /non-registered delegates is against policy and will not be permitted. If they are found to be misused, attendance to the conference will be denied. In such cases no refund will be given. All disputes are subject to Kolkata jurisdiction only.