Philippines Nickel Conference 2015

Since the Indonesian ban introduction in January, the Chinese buyers have been sourcing more nickel ore from the Philippines that, in 2013, accounted for 10% of global mined nickel production. The Philippines have one of the world��_s largest nickel reserves and last year the nickel production totalled to over 330,000 metric tonnes, and for the next few years the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines sees the country producing 25 million metric tonnes of nickel direct shipping ore annually.

Speakers confirmed to date include:
> Clifford James, Chairman and CEO, TVI Resource Development (Phils.) Inc.
> Kenny Ives, Director Nickel Department, Glencore
> Senior Representative, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.
> Eduardo V. Francisco, President, BDO Capital and Investment Corporation and Co-Chairman, Capital Markets Development Council Philippines
> Ramon Peter E. Adviento, Mining Analyst, Maybank ATR Kim Eng Securities Inc
> Guolian Hu, General Manager, Sunbright Consulting Corp
> Roel Refran, Chief Operating Officer, Philippines Stock Exchange