PLENARY SESSIONS
Economic
- Global outlook for precious metal prices. What factors will be influencing the market developments in 2008/09?
- Impact of high base metal prices on global output and demand. Dynamics of raw material and metal price fluctuations in Russia and CIS.
- Russian Gold Mine Production - historic and recent trends. What measures are being undertaken by companies and Russian government to stimulate gold extraction in Russia?
- WTO accession: what will the real effects be on the Russian Mining industry?
- How can innovation increase economic performance of the Russian mining industry in the global leadership competition?
Investment, M&A, Finance
- Review of investment and exploration opportunities available in Russia. Impact of the global consolidation & acquisitions trend on mining companies & projects in Russia.
- How are gold prices reflected in the value of gold mining companies in Russia?
- Overview of FDI levels in Russian mining sector. What type of assets foreign investors have already acquired and would favour in the future? What challenges foreign investors face when deciding to enter the Russian market? How do they overcome these pitfalls?
- How the junior Russian mining companies can upgrade their investment value. Improving financial performance through improved processes and cost controls.
- Financial evaluation and investment modelling of the mining enterprises in Russia. Strategies to ensure a maximum return on investment.
- Exploration project appraisal with regard to cost of capital.
- What impact had the global credit crunch on mining project financing in Russia?
- Financing growth. What debt finance options are available to Russian mining companies locally and abroad?
- The impact of surplus cash on capital structure. What strategies mining companies have used to minimise the risks?
- Application of equator principles on mining and metals finance in Russia & CIS.
- Raising value of mining company. M&A vs new exploration of reserves and resources.
- The role of PPPs in expediting infrastructure developments to fast-track exploration activities in Russia.
- Financing alluvial gold mining in Russia. Costs optimisation.
- Precious metals operations in the Russian gold market . Gold as an investment product. How favourable is the current political and economic situation in the country for gold investment?
Regulation
- Legal and economic regulation of new and existing exploration projects in Russia.
- Tax and other incentives for exploration projects in the new and geographically removed areas in Russia.
- Mining and Exploration Licence auctions in Russia. What are the problems and how they could be overcome?
- How does the government propose to develop large and strategic deposits with participation of foreign investors?
- Accessing geological-exploration data in Russia. What are the key problems and what changes the subsoil users propose?
- Uranium market liberalisation in Russia. A year on.
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