The LME sponsored the conference and Martin Abbott presented an update on the steel contract.

The Steel Market and Trade Conference, jointly organized by China Iron and Steel Association and Metallurgical Council of CCPIT, is a world premier conference centering on steel market and trade issues.

Serving as an official platform for CISA to release its annual review and forecast of the Chinese steel market, a vehicle for information exchange and dialogue between CISA and its counterparts around the world, and most importantly a window for the Chinese steel industry to understand the world and the world steel community to understand China, it has been successfully convened for five times since its establishment in 2000 and has become one of the most important steel events in China and around the world.

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