October tech talk: Argus Media Briefing: Global Metals & Coal Market Trends

Join the Sydney Branch for their October tech talk: Argus Media Briefing: Global Metals & Coal Market Trends.

About this event

Leading commodity and energy market intelligence agency Argus will bring together its coal and metals markets experts from Singapore with its local team in Sydney to share important insights into metals and coal markets locally, regionally and globally.

Argus delivers comprehensive market intelligence and independent price assessments across the global metals industry covering steel, raw materials, alloys, base and specialty metals, battery materials, rare earths, scrap, and pipe and tube. This includes coking coal, where our pricing is increasingly used in physical contracts fob Australia, and changing market flows is seeing increased demand for delivered India and China prices.

Argus/McCloskey’s API5 (5,500kcal/kg NAR) and API6 (6,000kcal/kg NAR) both fob Newcastle are widely referenced with API5 used in physical contracts by key coal mining firms. We also produce Indonesian, South African, Latin American and Russian coal export prices, which can compete with Australian coal.

Argus produces biomass price benchmarks in Asia that are used in sales mostly into Korea and Japan for electricity generation, steelmaking and feedstock for some biofuels, which complements our broad biofuels coverage. Australia-Pacific is an emerging biomass market in Asia with several major power producers seeking consultation for the feasibility of biomass-fired power to meet their long-term renewable energy goals.

In this series of short presentations, senior Argus market staff will present on metals and coal markets, as well as share views on supply and demand outlook. They want to stimulate a conversation about what their growing team can do in Australia to support markets and businesses in the region.

Argus is the leading independent provider of market intelligence to the global energy and commodity markets. We offer essential price assessments, news, analytics, consulting services, data science tools and industry conferences to illuminate complex and opaque commodity markets.

Program
5.15pm - 5.45pm: Arrival and networking
5.45pm - 5.50pm: Welcome and introductions
5.50pm - 6.35pm: Presentation
6.35pm - 7.10pm: Q&A
7.10pm - 8.30pm: Canapes, refreshments and networking  

Speaker/s

Jo Clarke

Australia Country Manager and Bureau Chief, Editorial - Argus

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Jo Clarke heads up Argus’ operations in Australia from the office in Sydney. She has covered the Australian resources and energy sectors for twenty years, working for the Australian Financial Review before moving to Argus in 2011. Jo leads an Australian team covering oil, gas, coal, metals, biofuels, hydrogen, the energy transition, carbon, iron ore, fertiliser and agriculture. The team works closely with a wide network of Argus subject matter experts across Asia and Europe. Jo has a master’s degree in engineering from Cambridge University and is the director of Argus Australia.

Jing Zhi

Deputy Editor, Metals - Argus

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Ng Jing Zhi joined Argus Media in 2022 and is currently a deputy editor for the Asia ferrous scrap markets. Jing Zhi has over ten years of experience in market analytics and price reporting, specializing in the ferrous sector, and oil markets.

Andrew Jones

Editor-Solid Fuels, Asia-Pacific - Argus

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Andrew Jones is the Editor-Solid Fuels, Asia-Pacific. He joined Argus in 2009, based in the company’s Singapore office. His initial focus was on the Asia-Pacific dry bulk and tanker markets before switching to the coal desk, where he now focuses on price discovery, news and analysis of regional thermal coal and petroleum coke markets. Having previously worked at sea, Andrew started his journalism career in the UK before moving to Asia in 2006 as a correspondent with Dow Jones Newswires/The Wall Street Journal, where he covered various regional commodities markets.

Tim Hard

Energy Transition and Ferrous Markets, Argus Media

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Tim established the Argus Hydrogen and Future Fuels Service and leads Asian Business Development for ferrous metals. Tim launched physical and financial benchmarks in flat steel, iron ore, scrap and coking coal markets for Argus, Platts and The Steel Index. Previously a strategy consultant at CRU Group, he holds an MBA from Aston Business School.