COAL: VOLATILE MARKETS AND NEW FUEL SUPPLY PATTERNS (Strategies for Addressing Coal Markets in Flux)
February 23-24, 2005 - Marriott City Center - Denver, CO
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Are the two spikes in spot coal prices that have occurred over the last four years indicative of a long-term trend toward greater volatility in the coal markets? What are the pro-active strategies that buyers and sellers can use to address a more volatile market? How are coal producers, transporters, and buyers coping with shifting coal supply patterns? How does the international coal market affect the domestic coal market? How have the recent market developments affected the prospects for new coal projects?

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Topics Include:

• Mesaba Energy IGCC Project
• The State of the Coal Market, and the Outlook for 2005 and Beyond
• Long-term Pricing of Coal: It's a Jungle Out There
• Factors Influencing Fuel Supply Patterns: What are the Underlying Issues and What Factors Influencing Fuel Supply Patterns: The Three R's; reserves, Regulations, Railroads
• Coal Utilization Rates and Inventory Issues
• Prospects for Coal Imports and Exports Outlook for Coal Exports and the China Factor, the Ocean Freight Market
• How Recent Increases in US Coking Coal Exports and Growing Steam Coal Imports Impact Infrastructure Developments
• Outlook for Coal Imports
• World seaborne thermal coal market, Sources of U.S. imports
• Why U. S. imports are needed
• Requirements for U. S. imports to increase
• Regulatory Update: "Upcoming and Recent EPA Air Regulations that will have a Major Effect on the Electric Power, Coal, and Natural Gas Industries
• Technology Perspective: "Rapid advances being made in the development and demonstration of technology to reduce mercury emissions from coal fired boilers
• Procurement Strategies for a More Volatile Coal Market
• New Coal Plant Development
• The 800-Pound Gorilla: Outlook for Natural Gas Supply and Price
• Plant Developer Perspective: Integrated coal and wind - Strange, But Compatible  Bedfellows

Speakers  Include:

Gary Hunt, President, Global Energy Advisors
Tom Micheletti, Coal President, Excelsior Energy Inc.
Trygve Gaalaas, Task Manager, Pace Global Energy Services, LLC
Jerry Eyster, Managing Consultant, PA Consulting
Alan K. Stagg, President, Principal Economic Geologist, Stagg Resource Consultants, Inc.
Larry Metzroth, Vice President - Fuels Advisory Services, Global Energy Advisors
Jeff Watkins, President, Hill & Associates
Cees van de Mortel, Commercial Director - Mid Atlantic Region, Kinder Morgan
George Wilbanks, President, Drummond Coal Sales, Inc.
Sam Napolitano, Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA
Michael Durham, President, ADA-Environmental Solutions
David Turnbull, Principal, North Point Resources
Thomas Netzel, Manager Coal Supply, NEGT
Jamie Heller, President, Hellerworx
Stan Kaplan, Team Leader, Generation and Capacity Team, EIA
John Blaney, Managing Director Environment and Fuels Practice, ICF Consulting
Jerry Vaninetti, Management Consultant, Coal Project Development

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