Notice

To whom it may concern：

Over past years, M&A has become a research focus of global steel making industry, especially in and other emerging and industrialized nations.

In the past  few months of 2008, the consolidation of global steel making industry is booming and it also accelerates in .

China Metallurgical News is organizing the International Forum of M & A of China Iron and Steel Industry from September 18^th to 19^th in Beijing . The Organizing Committee has received positive feedbacks from last year’s conference.

We have confirmed the following speakers: Mr. Wang Xiaoqi, Head of Bureau of Planning and Development, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), People’ Republic of China,Mr. Xiong Bilin, Vice Director General of the Department of Industry, National Development and Reform Commission, P.R.C.,Mr. Li Zhiqun, Director General of Department of Foreign Investment, Ministry of Commerce of P.R.C., Mr. Zhang Xiaogang, President of CISA, Mr. Luo Bingsheng, Executive Vice Chairman of CISA, Mr. Xu Lejiang, Chairman of the Board of BaoSteel Group, Mr. Deng Qilin, General Manager of WISCO, Mr. Wang Yifang, Chairman of the Board of Hebei Iron and Steel Group, Mr. Zou Zhongchen, Chairman of the Board of Shandong Iron and Steel Group, Mr. Shen Wenrong, President of Jiangsu Shagang Group, Mr. Huang Tianwen, China Sino Steel Group, Mr. Otradovec Ondra, Vice President of ArcelorMittal Group (responsible for M&A), Mr. Jean Sebastien Jacques, Board Director of India Tata Steel (President for strategic planning), and Mr. Timur Yanbukhtin, Vice President of Evraz Group of (responsible for development and strategic planning) and etc.

At that time, the forum organizing committee will facilitate communication opportunities for you with government officials, industry experts, as well as people from domestic and foreign iron and steel enterprises, traders, consulting companies, management companies, law firms, accounting firms, securities companies, fund companies, investment banks, etc.

Looking forward to seeing you at the conference.

For the detailed information please refer to the conference brochure or consult to the forum organizing committee.

                                 Metallurgical News Press

                                    July 31^st 2008

Appendix One:

Ⅰ Forum Theme

The Merger and Acquisition of Global Iron and Steel Industry and ——Communication, Development and Win-win

ⅡTime and Venue of the Forum

Conference Time：September 18^th to 19^th2008

Registration Time: September 17^th 2008, 12：00—22：00

Conference Venue: Beijing Friendship Hotel,

Address of the hotel: No. 1,

Hotel Telephone: 8610-68498888

Ⅲ Forum organizing Institutions

Host: Metallurgical News

Support Unit: Iron and Steel Association

          Mergers and Acquisitions Association

Organizers: Beijing Zhongchuang Sike Iron and Steel Information    Consulting Co., Ltd.

           Information & Consulting Center of CMN

Enterprise Sponsor: Baosteel, Ansteel, WISCO, Hebei Iron and Steel Group, Shandong Iron and Steel Group, Jiangsu Shagang Group, Sino Steel Group

  Ⅳ Conference Agenda (subject to change)

Sep 17^th 2008

12：00—22：00 Delegates Registration

19：00—21：00 Welcome Banquet

Sep 18^th to 19^th 2008

1. Forum Welcome Ceremony and Speech by leaders

By officials from State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council and National Development and Reform Commission

2. Policy and strategic layout of the merger and regrouping of Chinese iron and steel industry

By Wang Xiaoqi, Head of Bureau of Planning and Development, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) 

3. Industry policy of Chinese iron and steel industry and the merger and acquisitions of iron and steel industry

By Xiong Bilin, Vice Director of Department of Industry, National Development and Reform Commission

4. Law and legal regulation of international merger and acquisition and thinking of how to optimize the regulations of foreign merger and acquisition

By Li Zhiqun, Director of Department of Foreign Investment, Ministry of Commerce

5. Enhance the merger and regrouping and raise the concentration ratio of iron and steel industry

By Zhang Xiaogang, President of Iron and Steel Association, General Manager of Anshan Steel Group

6. Current status of development trend of the merger and regrouping of Chinese Iron and Steel Industry

By Luo Bingsheng, Executive Vice Chairman of Iron and Steel Association

7. Merger and regrouping, the strategic choice of Chinese iron and steel makers

By Xu Lejiang, Chairman of the Board of Baosteel Group

8. Development and M&A of Chinese iron and steel enterprises

By Deng Qilin, General Manager of Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corporation

9. Enhance the practical combination and make Hebei Iron and Steel Group more powerful

By Wang Yifang, President and Chairman of the Board of Hebei Iron and Steel Group

10. A strategic thinking of the asset regrouping of Shandong iron and steel industry

By Zou Zhongchen, Chairman of the Board of Shandong Iron and Steel Group

11. Exploration of merging and regrouping and the encountered problems

By Shen Wenrong, President of Jiangsu Shagang Group

12. Developing merger and regrouping actively and strengthen the service sector to iron and steel industry

By Huang Tianwen, President of China Sino Steel Group Corporation

13. The global strategy of ArcelorMittal and its merging strategy in

By Otradovec Ondra, Vice President of ArcelorMittal Group

14. India Tata, how to achieve the myth of multinational merging

By Jean Sebastien Jacques, Board Director of India Tata Steel Company (strategic planning president)

15. View of international merger and acquisition of Evraz Group of and its thinking of

By Timur Yanbukhtin, Vice President of Evraz Group of (responsible for strategic planning)

Note: the above speakers have been confirmed, but the speech content will subject to the final confirmation by the conference organizer.

  Ⅴ  Conference Registration and related matters

1. Registration and Fee

Payment date	before Aug 25th 2008	After Aug 25th 2008	On the conference site
Chinese domestic delegates
Members of China Iron and Steel Association	RMB￥2,000 per person	RMB￥2,600 per person	RMB￥3,000 per person
Non Members of China Iron and Steel Association	RMB￥2,800 per person	RMB￥3,400 per person	RMB￥4,000 per person
Oversea delegates	US$ 900 per person	US$ 1,000 per person	US$ 1,200 per person
Favorable price for group delegates 10% discount given to more than three delegates from the same unit; 15% discount given to more than five delegates from the same unit.

Note: The above charge include conference fee, conference manual fee, conference journals fee, experts fee, food, dinner, simultaneous translation fee and conference afterward video and audio materials fee(excluding accommodation but the organizer can help reserve the hotel).

2. Bank account for payment:

Account Name: Beijing Zhongchuang Sike Iron and Steel Information Consulting Co., Ltd.

Bank: Beijing Deshengmen Subbranch, China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd.

Account: 0133014170008191  （Please mark “registration for international iron and steel conference” on the receipt）

3. Contact:

(1)Cui Xiaoyan

Address: 25I Oriental Kenzo Plaza , No 48,

Tel：8610-88363947

Fax：8610-68332047

Cell phone：86-13810591192

E-mail：canday.dream@yahoo.com>

(2) Zhou Liyong, Li Yanjie and Zhang Xinmin

Address: Metallurgical News Press, Building No. 26, Third Zone of Anzhenli, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Tel: 8610-64410414/64441857

Cell phone: 86-13581931800/13466378665/13911029266

Fax: 8610-64426948

E-mail：zyby@263.net

4、Person in Charge of the Conference Organizing Committee

Ren Jingbo

Address: Metallurgical News Press, Building No. 26, Third Zone of Anzhenli, Chaoyang District Beijing

Tel: 8610-64442116

Cell phone 86-13701216464

Fax: 86010-64432453

E-mail：rjb111@263.net

Zhang Zhaojun

Address: 25I Oriental Kenzo Plaza , No 48,

Tel: 8610-84476678-8008

Cell phone: 8613311175776

Fax: 010-84476786

E-mail：cuzhangzj@126.com

Attachment Two:

  Sponsorship and business opportunities introduction

2008 International Iron and Steel Merger & Acquisition and Restructuring Conference will provide an excellent platform for dialogues and exchanges between foreign and domestic Iron and Steel companies. Sponsorship is a strategic way of marketing for the enterprises entering the target market. As the sponsor of this Conference, your logo will be printed on all of our brochures. We forecast that the audience will be about 10,000.  

Participating into this Conference as a sponsor will show your brand image of your company and its power in the industry. In addition, the introduction of the first, second, and third class sponsors will be printed on the Conference Proceedings.

The details as followings: