Thanks all round

I want again to thank those who contributed so much in making our programme in Monte-Carlo as successful as it was. Our guests - Martin Abbott of the London Metal Exchange, Munjal Ujjwal from the Hero Group in India, Thomas Tumoscheit of Alcoa's European division and Everard van der Straten of Metallum - shared with us their very comprehensive views as well as information on today's markets. It was truly an international forum of interesting and timely observations about current market conditions and some of what we can expect for the future.

I'd also like to thank those who serve on our Non-Ferrous Metals Division board for creating the programme and, of course, the BIR Secretariat who somehow manage to get everyone in the right place at the correct time!

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