
Coinciding with CESCO Week in Santiago, Chile, CRU Events' 8th World Copper Conference will consist of 2 half-days of first-rate presentations. Delegates will hear all the latest intelligence on vital topics, delivered by senior executives at the heart of the worldwide copper industry. This conference will give delegates the perfect opportunity to network with over 550 senior-level industrialists and economists from all around the world.
The theme of this year's event is:
Copper, from the essential metal to the expensive metal. What does the future hold?
Topics will include:
- Scrap - Developments in China; E-scrap issues; Environmental pressures; Increased recycling rates
- Long term consumption trends - Long term structural changes in copper consumption; The future of copper consumption in the Middle East; Utility power cable consumption prospects; Chinese wire and cable outlook; The threat from substitution
- Project Development concerns - Escalating costs; Delays; Regulatory mining issues
- Acid/Smelter Production - Concentrate availability; Sulphuric acid costs
There will be simultaneous Spanish and English interpreting throughout the conference sessions.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Jorge Bande, Director, CESCO
- Jon Barnes, Principal Consultant - Copper Semis, Copper Consumption, CRU
- Julian Ford, Managing Director, Zambezi Resources Ltd
- Javier Targhetta, Senior Vice President Marketing & Sales/President, Freeport McMoRan Gold & Copper/Atlantic Copper
- Carlos Risopatron, Head of Environment and Economics, International Copper Study Group
- Simon Mao, General Manager, Maike
Why attend the 8th World Copper Conference?
- “Taken in combination with CESCO Week, this is THE conference to meet senior copper industry executives”
- Hear a high-quality programme organised by CRU – the leading independent copper industry research organisation and consultancy in the world
- Network with over 550 delegates from around the world including producers, suppliers, refiners, consumers, banks, analysts, traders and government officials


On receipt of your registration form, we will email you a reduced rates hotel booking form for:
Grand Hyatt Santiago
Avenue Kennedy
# 4601
Las Condes
Santiago
Chile
http://santiago.grand.hyatt.com
Reduced rate hotel rooms are available to delegates until 5 February 2009 so we urge you to register for the conference before this date.

For programme speaking opportunities, please contact Lynette Northey, CEO, CRU Events, on tel: +44 1264 730327 / +44 7879 601579 or email her directly on: lynette.northey@crugroup.com
By sponsoring or exhibiting at this CRU Event, you will raise your company profile and gain unparalleled access to the key decision makers in this industry. You can choose from various sponsorship packages, which include exhibition space, additional events and conference packs.
For sponsorship and exhibition opportunities contact Marilyn Portner on +44 20 7903 2402 or email her directly email: marilyn.portner@crugroup.com


Arrange a Group Booking and Receive up to 20% Discount
By registering a group booking you will enjoy the following discount rates on each delegate:
Second delegate: 10% discount
Third delegate: 15% discount
Fourth delegate plus: 20% discount


and guarantee your place at the CRUcial Copper event
of the year! (Available shortly)
To register online click above, or telephone Sabine Sebode on: +44 20 7903 2167, send an email to: crumetalsevents@crugroup.com
or respond by fax to: +44 20 7903 2432.


For more information on this conference, please contact:
Sabine Sebode, CRU Events,
31 Mount Pleasant, London WC1X 0AD, UK
Tel: +44 20 7903 2167
Fax: +44 20 7903 2432
Email: crumetalsevents@crugroup.com
Representative in Chile:
Owen Guerrini
Tel: 56 2 335 0074
Fax: 56 2 233 2966
Email: og@interaccess.cl