
EVENT
Global Coal Forum: Coal and The Future of Energy
19 July 2022 - 20 July 2022
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM AET
Virtual Event
About the Forum
Exploring The Pace and Scale of Disruption to Coal Markets
Coal investors face a unique reality: Markets distorted by war, trade constraints, and the existential threat of the energy transition. Volatility and uncertainty aside, coal investors have had much to like about the sector since the end of the downturn in 2016. But as geopolitical risks rise, and the energy transition accelerates, can they still thrive, or will they just have to survive?
In this two-day forum taking place on July 19-20, Wood Mackenzie will dig deep to unearth insights into the future of the coal sector as the world shifts around it. We critically assess recent geopolitical shifts as well as the technologies upon which decarbonisation will rely.
Day 1: Tuesday, July 19 - Short Term Focus
Day 2: Wednesday, July 20 - Accelerated Transition
This event is complimentary to our Wood Mackenzie Research clients. Non-client registration is at USD $199.
Questions?
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Agenda
10:30 AM
AET
10:30 AM - 10:32 AM
Welcome and Introduction
Derryn Maade
Head of Metals and Mining Markets
Wood Mackenzie
10:32 AM
AET
10:32 AM - 11:01 AM
Thermal Coal Markets
War in Ukraine: What Legacies Might It Leave?
View From The Street: What are Coal Buyers Saying?
The Supply Response to High Prices
Scope 3 Emissions: What are The Implications for Coal Exporters?
Rory Simington
Principal Analyst APAC Thermal Coal Research
Wood Mackenzie
11:01 AM
AET
11:01 AM - 11:30 AM
Coal Supply
Back to The Future: Cost Inflation Returns with a Vengeance
Decarbonisation in Mining: Options & Costs
Taking The Plunge: Investment & Supply Trends in Mining
Viktor Tanevski
Principal Analyst - Coal Research
Wood Mackenzie
Brent Spalding
Principal Analyst - Coal Research
Wood Mackenzie
11:30 AM
AET
11:30 AM - 11:59 AM
Met Coal Markets
War in Ukraine: The Met Coal Trade without Russia
View From The Street: What are Steel & Coke Makers Saying?
What Benefit is Really Possible from Using Higher Quality Coke?
11:59 AM
AET
11:59 AM - 12:01 PM
Closing
Derryn Maade
Head of Metals and Mining Markets
Wood Mackenzie
10:30 AM
AET
10:30 AM - 10:32 AM
Welcome and Introduction
Robin Griffin
Vice President, Metals and Mining Research
Wood Mackenzie
10:32 AM
AET
10:32 AM - 11:01 AM
Hydrogen and CCUS: Technology to the Rescue?
How Do They Work? What Are Their Technical
LimitationsCost Trajectory of Production & Supply
How much CCUS & H2 will we Need?
Mhairidh Evans
Head of CCUS Research
Wood Mackenzie
Flor Lucia De la Cruz
Senior Research Analyst, Hydrogen and Emerging Technologies
Wood Mackenzie
11:01 AM
AET
11:01 AM - 11:30 PM
Thermal Coal In the Long Run: A Reality Check
What Might An Accelerated Transition Look Like for Coal?
How Quickly Can Low Carbon Technologies Really Penetrate?
What is the Most Realistic Outlook for Demand & Supply?
Shirley Zhang
Principal Analyst – APAC Thermal Coal Market
Wood Mackenzie
11:30 AM
AET
11:30 AM - 11:58 AM
Steel Decarbonisation & Metallurgical Coal
How will Steel Decarbonise & What will it Cost?
Exploring Met Coal Demand & Price under An Accelerated Transition
Base Case Versus AET1.5: Which Is More Likely?
11:58 AM
AET
11:58 AM - 12:00 PM
Closing
Robin Griffin
Vice President, Metals and Mining Research
Wood Mackenzie
Speakers
Why Attend
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Hear about our views regarding the short and long term legacies of the war in Ukraine, as well as all the key short term forces driving coal markets.
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Gain insight into the decarbonisation options for mining and steel, and the risks & opportunities for coal miners in global carbon market.
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Delve deeper into the benefits and challenges of carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, and ammonia co-firing, and their impact on costs of steel and power.
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Find out how existing emission-reduction targets and upcoming carbon policies shape coal’s role in the energy mix in major coal-importing countries

Mhairidh Evans
Head of CCUS Research
Wood Mackenzie
Mhairidh leads Wood Mackenzie’s global research on carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS). Mhairidh and her team provide insight and strategic analysis on the CCUS landscape to project developers, technology providers, investors and governments. Her work includes cost assessments, economic modelling, market and policy tracking. Mhairidh previously spent seven years as a lead analyst in Wood Mackenzie’s upstream oil and gas division, focusing on the offshore supply chain and the North Sea region. Before joining Wood Mackenzie in 2014, she spent six years in commercial and project management roles in the subsea oil and gas sector. Mhairidh is an alumni of Scotland’s Future Industry Leaders Programme and enjoys engaging with the wider industry. Mhairidh holds a BEng(Hons) in Biochemical Engineering from University College London and an MSc from the University of Strathclyde Business School.

Rory Simington
Principal Analyst APAC Thermal Coal Research
Wood Mackenzie
Rory Simington is a research analyst with more than 20 years of experience in the Australian mining industry. He is currently based in Sydney with primary responsibility for Wood Mackenzie’s Asia Pacific thermal coal research. He analyses the coal market, with a focus on supply, demand, and price. He also analyses mining assets, collecting physical, logistical, and financial information and building models to produce valuations. His analyses are delivered in reports and presentations to clients and prospective clients to help them understand the coal market and inform their decision-making. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie in 2014, Rory worked with major multinational mining corporations and consulting companies providing supply and demand analysis, cost analysis, price forecasting, and product marketability assessments. He also has more than ten years of experience in operational management and technical roles in the coal industry, including longwall operations and mine planning. He is an experienced project manager with expertise in design, manufacture, and delivery of longwall systems. Rory’s expertise in the coal industry is evident in the frequency with which he’s quoted in the media regarding the coal market. Rory Simington holds an MBA and a BEng in mining, both from the University of Wollongong.

Malan Wu
Director, Head of Steel & Raw Materials Markets
Wood Mackenzie

Flor Lucia De la Cruz
Senior Research Analyst, Hydrogen and Emerging Technologies
Wood Mackenzie
Flor is a subject matter expert in hydrogen and emerging technologies for Wood Mackenzie's Energy Transition Practice. She works on modelling hydrogen markets, tracking deployments, policy, investments, technology trends, and analyzing the adoption of hydrogen in industrial processes including ammonia, methanol, heating, blending, midstream logistics and the power and storage sector. Before joining Wood Mackenzie, Flor led the innovation team at IDOM working on developing low carbon and circular economy projects for green/blue hydrogen, advanced biofuels, hydrotreated vegetable oils, plastic recycling, and carbon capture. At IDOM she also worked as a process engineer on LNG projects in Brazil, Colombia and Poland and a natural gas processing facility in Morocco. Before IDOM, Flor worked as a Health Safety & Environment engineer at Tecnicas Reunidas (TR). At TR she worked on the Al-Zour Refinery for Kuwait and a Nitric Acid plant for Yara in Norway. Flor holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). While at MIT she worked as a researcher at the Metabolic Engineering Laboratory on a project for Novogy Inc (now Total) to investigate yeast’s ability to convert low-cost feed stocks into lipids to produce inexpensive biodiesel.

Robin Griffin
Vice President, Metals and Mining Research
Wood Mackenzie
Robin joined Wood Mackenzie in 2003 and has spent considerable time in both consulting and research roles. Consulting assignments included project due diligence, market assessments, price forecasting and coal procurement. An integral part of the research team since 2007, Robin has undertaken global mine cost estimation and supply analysis for both coal and base metals. Robin joined the coal markets team in 2012 and until 2021 was responsible for metallurgical coal markets analysis. Robin has now broadened his role to act as subject matter expert across metals and mining markets. The role include undertaking cross-commodity analysis across base metals, battery raw materials, bulk commodities, and steel alloys. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie Robin spent 7 years in the power and coal industries in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia and Australia undertaking coal procurement, coal exploration, project development geological and engineering roles. Robin also worked as a coal marketer selling thermal coal in Asia. Robin holds a BSc (Hons) in Geology and an MSc in Mining Engineering, from Camborne School of Mines, UK

Viktor Tanevski
Principal Analyst - Coal Research
Wood Mackenzie
Viktor Tanevski joined Wood Mackenzie in 2011 as an analyst in the coal research team focusing on Australia, South-East Asia and Southern Africa. He is currently based in Sydney. Viktor undertakes detailed analysis of coal mining assets, including production modelling, cost estimation and valuations. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Viktor worked in RBC’s Sydney Mining & Metals investment banking team undertaking Australian and cross-border M&A advisory and corporate financing transactions and valuations for projects and companies. Viktor has a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Accounting) and a Bachelor of Laws (honours) from the University of Sydney.

Derryn Maade
Head of Metals and Mining Markets
Wood Mackenzie
Derryn joined Wood Mackenzie in November 2019 and is currently the Global Head of Metals and Mining Markets, based in Singapore. Prior to this role, he spent eight years leading HSBC’s Metals and Mining research team while covering the major miners and key commodity views. Derryn also worked for Anglo American in a variety of corporate and operational roles for nine years. Derryn holds an MBA (Imperial College) and a BSc in Mining Engineering (Wits).

Mihir Vora
Senior Commodity Analyst, Steel and Iron Ore Markets
Wood Mackenzie

Shirley Zhang
Principal Analyst – APAC Thermal Coal Market
Wood Mackenzie
Shirley has over 10 years of metals and mining corporate and industry research experiences. She joined Wood Mackenzie in 2012 and is currently responsible for the Asia Pacific thermal coal markets analysis based in Singapore. Her primary focus is market and price analysis for thermal coal, as well as assessing various decarbonization pathways for Asia Pacific countries. She is a frequent speaker at regional mining conferences and has presented strategic analysis at clients’ board meetings. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Shirley was an equity analyst covering metals and mining stocks in Hong Kong. She also worked for a financial consulting firm based in London. Shirley holds an Mphil degree from Cambridge University and a Bsc degree in Accounting and Finance from Warwick Business School, UK.

Brent Spalding
Principal Analyst - Coal Research
Wood Mackenzie
Brent joined Wood Mackenzie in 2007, following the acquisition of Barlow Jonker. He has been an integral part of the coal research team covering cost estimation and supply analysis for APAC and Southern Africa. He is based in Brisbane with primary responsibility for APAC metallurgical coal research. Brent has been involved in coal research and publications since 1994. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, he was the editor of the South African Coal Report. Brent has a Masters degree in Energy Studies, which he obtained from the University of Johannesburg in 2000.

Tony Knutson
Principal Analyst, Coal
Wood Mackenzie