Agenda

The Ministry of Indonesia (To Be updated)

• Exploring market growth, investment policies, and regional competitiveness

ELIAS GINTING | Chairman, Association of Indonesian Coke Industries

• Assessing production strategies, trade policies, and regional implications

Jiao Yong (James) | Executive Deputy General Manager, International Business,, China Risun Group

Industry outlook, regional competitiveness, and strategies for growth as China moderates and India/Southeast Asia expand. Impacts of shifting demand dynamics and supply from Australia, US and other key met coal supply countries. 
 
Matt Latimore | President, M Resources

• domestic demand, and export potential

Hendri Tamrin | Marketing Director , PT AlamTri Minerals Indonesia

Industry Assoication (Indonesia, India, China)
Producers ( Nippon, SAIL, PT. Kinrui)
Analysts （CRU）
Technology Providers (Fosbel)

Dr. Yukihiro Kubota | General Manager, Nippon Steel （TBC）

The steel industry, historically reliant on conventional Coke-making and Blast Furnace operations, is experiencing a paradigm shift driven by technological innovation and sustainability imperatives. In Coke-making, advancements such as Non-Recovery and Heat-Recovery Ovens, Optimized Coal Blending, and AI-enabled monitoring systems have enhanced efficiency, Reduced Emissions, and extended operational lifespans. Concurrently, Steel production is being redefined through Hydrogen-based direct reduction, Electric Arc Furnaces powered by Renewable Energy, and Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage all of which significantly lower carbon intensity. Digital technologies including predictive analytics, IoT sensors, and machine learning are improving process control, resource optimization, and quality assurance. Circular economy practices, such as recycling scrap steel and valorizing coke by-products, further reinforce sustainability and reduce raw material dependency. Collectively, these innovations address pressing environmental challenges while strengthening competitiveness, resilience, and long-term viability of the steel sector. By aligning industrial progress with global climate goals, technological innovations in coke-making and steel production are paving the way toward sustainable industrial growth and a low-carbon future.
Pushpa Ambrose | General Manager, Bhilai Steel Plant

Comprehensive Battery Maintenance (CBM) contracts are value‐added and KPI based contracts. Fosbel’s strategic & technical approach towards Battery Inspection, Maintenance & Repair is based on the philosophy that a stable coke battery operation is the key to maximizing coke production, minimizing costs & extending the useful life of the battery. Through CBM services, we strive to achieve best practices & parameters which would in turn help to extend asset life, achieve designed production levels and good coke quality. CBM services are single-window consolidated maintenance programs to ensure guaranteed oven availability, compliance to environmental standards, synchronised maintenance schedules, prioritization of repair needs & tracking oven health trend on an ongoing basis. The services cover all areas that are relevant for a stable battery operation & maintenance viz. battery condition monitoring, technological cleaning & operation assistance, refractory maintenance & repairs including specialized hot repairs, mechanical maintenance & repairs including anchorage regulation, heating regulation and housekeeping. KPI scorecards track performance in key areas. Battery condition monitoring & reporting with Fosbel’s COMIT ® system is an integral part of CBM package. This presentation will describe key advantages & components of CBM along with examples of specific improvements achieved in actual CBM contracts executed in both top-charged & stamp-charged coke batteries in India.
Dipankar Banerjee | Business Unit Director, Iron & Steel, Cement & Non-Ferrous , Fosbel India Private Ltd

Environmental protection is one of the most important issues in modern coke making. The sources of emission that adversely affect the environment during coke oven operation are diverse, including coal charging, gas leakage from the coke oven during coking, and coke pushing and quenching operations.
thyssenkrupp Uhde has excellent know-how cultivated over a long history of coke oven engineering & construction and also possesses a variety of cutting-edge environmental protection technologies.
 
Toshio Suzuki | Coke Plant Sales Representative, thyssenkrupp Uhde Japan

New Technological Developments and the Expansion of Coking Coal Scope
Classification of All-Factor Parameters Influencing Coking Results
Influence Weight and Correlation of Various Parameters on Coke Quality
Breaking Through Industry Challenges – Digitalization and Digital Factory
Resource Optimization Case Study – Nanjing Steel Coking Plant
 
Chang Yijun | Founder and Chief expert, Sxcoal

In recent years, China has witnessed a marked shift from smaller coke oven batteries to facilities utilizing Jumbo coke oven technology, complemented by single oven pressure control systems. This trend spans both top-charged and stamp-charged configurations. Globally—and most notably in China—new coke oven plants increasingly employ larger oven sizes, with top-charged batteries typically exceeding 7 m and stamp-charged batteries exceeding 6.25 m in oven height.
Jumbo coke oven batteries offer substantial benefits, including improved compliance with stringent environmental regulations, a reduced footprint for large capacities, and lower capital (CAPEX) and operating expenditures (OPEX). The emission-reduction advantages are enhanced by the reduced number of ovens and, in particular, by the integration with single oven pressure control (SOPRECO®). Furthermore, plant monitoring can be augmented by AI support systems, such as CokEyes®, enabling immediate and autonomous response to emission events.
 
Alessio Ferraris | Head of Technical Service Coke & Technical Sales Manager , SMS Group Italy

• The challenge of Chinese steel and coke export competition on steel mills and met coal/coke producers.
• Challenges for steelmakers in terms of poor margin, low prices and raw material cost ( coke, coking coal and iron ore)
• Will global trade measures succeed in in 2026 to reshape steel trade/production and return the met coal market to growth trajectory?

2. Coking coal supply continues to lag demand for coke/coking coal.

• When will the supply-demand balance ‘normalise’  and when can we expect prices to normalise?
• Australian supply performance has been the major culprit – what is the supply outlook in terms of recovery of existing supply as well as new projects?
• What impact are rising costs and royalties having on coking coal supply?
• When does the market supply gap emerge and is met. coal project supply pipeline robust and reliable?
• How will the domestic Chinese market influence coal and coke markets ahead?

3. Disruption and evolution await the global coke and coal market.

• Challenging market conditions will continue in 2026 for Coke makers -  discussion of CRU’s market outlook for the merchant coke market in terms of price, trade and capacity.
• Expanding coke capacity in Indonesia threatens to disrupt seaborne coke trade – how will global trade be redefined?
• New Blast furnace capacity is being built in India and Southeast Asia -  how will this new capacity affect the Met. coal market?

Banmeet Khurmi | Senior Analyst – Metallurgical Coal & Coke, CRU Group

•    Coal and coal pricing trend
•    QR impact a year on: A lookback on coke producers
•    Trade flows, and outlook by Argus consulting
•    Concluding thoughts
 
JingZhi Ng | Deputy Editor , Argus Media

Chris Urzaa | General Manager - General Manager - Marketing and Logistics, Pembroke Olive Downs

India & Southeast Asia as Growth Engines: How Regional Demand Will Reshape Global Coking Coal and Coke Trade by 2030
Tang JinSong | Head of coking coal procurement , JSL Global Commodities

The presentation will unpack the role of anthracite in relation to vital industries like steel, which play an indispensable role in the development of industrialized economies. While steel is at the centre of the global push for infrastructure and innovation, anthracite has emerged as a key input to ensure sustainable steelmaking. 
A form of high-quality coal used in the steel and alloys sector, anthracite is known for its high carbon content and energy density. It is less expensive compared to metallurgical coke. In modern times, when producers face increasing pressure to reduce environmental impacts and beat the high production cost curve, anthracite offers a strategic advantage due to its unique properties.

MENAR

•⁠  ⁠Growth outlook of India’s steel industry 
•⁠  ⁠India’s met coal import dependence and price volatility risks
•⁠  ⁠Surge in met coke imports post anti-dumping duty expiry
•⁠  ⁠Indonesia’s rising dominance in India’s met coke supply
•⁠  ⁠Utilisation challenges for Indian merchant coke producers
•⁠  ⁠Impact of 2025 import restrictions on trade flows and pricing
•⁠  ⁠Conflict between steelmakers and coke producers on cost vs supply security
•⁠  ⁠Long-term outlook for India’s met coke demand
 
Vasudev Pamnani | Director, iEnergy Natural Resources Limited

The presentation will provide an analytical overview of Zero-Liquid-Discharge (ZLD) practices in the steel industry, addressing their significance, the spectrum of existing technologies, contemporary operational trends, and the growing strategic importance of ZLD in future industrial water management.
Bhavaneeth Krishna | Sr. Manager (SMS-III), Bhilai Steel Plant- SAIL (Steel Authority of India ltd)

The healthiness of the coke oven batteries and long life depends upon maintaining proper temperature and refractory works inside. A case study has described in this technical paper pertaining to problem faced and energy saving techniques adopted in waste recovery coke plants in India. Jindal Saw limited (JSAW) Mundra is having 0.3 MTPA indigenous type non- recovery coke oven made of high alumina bricks and batteries continually operating in the last two decades. Due to aging of refractory ovens almost all gas flue paths of down comers are chocked and led to low production and less power generation. Fast-track model cold repair methodology has initiated by author and his team to overcome the long pending energy & production losses issues without conventional oven dismantle and an innovative concept of refractory (angioplasty) has developed as pilot project. A new methodology has developed to repair the oven by using drilling and cutting tools in deformed oven’s flue paths or holes in 150-200 C temperature with safety. The so called refectory angioplasty solution activity has developed first time at Jindal SAW coke ovens with suppliers jointly. The short time semi cold repair was successful in selected poor ovens, which resulted in significant oven suction improvements with sustained heat energy and increased productivity in repaired ovens. This technique can be adopted in similar indigenous and other Asian NR coke ovens.
REJI MATHAI | EX- HEAD COKE OVEN, JINDAL SAW LTD

Not with standing the fact that the earth has to be safeguarded against the emissions from carbon based fuels in the steel industry, the classical coke dependent BF-BOF steel making route still commands its presence as the more prominent technology as the other competing ‘green’ technologies are yet to prove their worth in terms of mass production with lower costs and simplicity. Having said that, the coke plant in an integrated steel plant inevitably enjoys a prominent role. Apart from carbonisation technology, Material handling facilities in the coke plant do assume huge responsibility to ensure swift coal, coke transfer for gradewise storing, coal blend making, oven charging and final coke transport to the customer Blast Furnace. In this context, special emphasis is laid on Coal preparation Plant that takes care of coking coal unloading at wagon tipplers, stacking reclaiming, blending, milling and transport to coal bunkers at Battery proper. A part of Battery operation involves recycling of coal that spills out of oven during charging. Coke Handling Plant which processes quenched coke to sort out into various size fractions to cater to the needs of the customer. Each of the above three steps needs strict adherence to standard operating practices to ensure material handling at optimum rate to synchronise with coke production and customer satisfaction. Not only the quantity but the quality of the end product also is dependent on the sequence of operations in the material handling circuit. With ageing, components/equipments need time-based maintenance and replenishment to keep the plant running without breakdown. Modern technologies do provide easier methods to overcome running problems with less occurrence but at a huge cost which might not be a good deal in many plants for various reasons. Under such circumstances, the innovative skills of the existing employees/ workmen have helped the plants to sustain good working conditions and environment at a relatively lower cost without any compromise on quality of final product. The Coke Oven Department of Bhilai Steel Plant enjoys an excellent reputation in this aspect and is regarded as a role model for other units of STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA to emulate. Using Knowledge Management concepts, the team BHILAI has developed and implemented many innovative solutions to ensure smooth production schedules round the year including heavy monsoon showers. This paper gives an account of few case studies pertaining to successful material handling with low cost innovations and uncompromised product quality.
G.S. Venkata Subramanian | Ex-General Manager, BHILAI STEEL PLANT, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)