Dear Sirs,

As you may know by our last letter that National Iranian

Steel Co. and Iran Mineral Supply Co. (afiliated to Iran

Ministry of Insustries & Mines)in order to promote

capabilities of steel producing and related mines,

also introducing investment opportunities in steel and

mines sector to foreign companies and investors, intends

to organize an International Exhibition from 16 to

19 April 2003 in the Tehran Permanent Int'l Fair Ground.

Considering the existing potentials in steel industry

and related mines in our country, this Exhibition is an

excellent opportunity for displaying foreign company's

technical capabilities to Iranian steel producers.

In the next to Exhibition, a conference will be held too.

We would like to extend our cordial invitation to you to

attend this important Exhibition and Conference.

To register at the Exhibition, you are kindly requested

to inform the Secretariat of the Exhibition as soon

as possible.

For any further information please do not hesitate to

contact us or visit our website: www.rahyar.com/samin2003.

We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Very truly yours,

Masoumeh Faraji (Miss)

Deputy Manager to Int'l Affairs

Iran's First Int'l Steel And Mines Exhibition Secretariat

Rahyar Bamin Co

Address: 6th floor, No 64, Karegar St., North Bahar St.,

Tehran 15637, Iran

Tel: +98-21 7532864, Fax: +98-21 7528354

www.rahyar.com/samin2003

samin@rahyar.com

CALL FOR PAPERS

Forum

Next to the Exhibition, there will be a professional

forum too.

The main objective of the forum is to promote the

transfer of steel technology by presenting ideas,

experiences and knowledge of international professional

experts and analysing the problems and solutions for steel

trades by international market analysts and economists.

In this regard you are kindly requested to present your

latest scientific achievements as well as your technical

& research experiences relating with the subjects of the

forum. It should be noted that all of the accepted

papers will be published in technical book of the forum

which some of them will be presented in the forum.

Subjects

Technical Section

A glance to coal & iron ore mines

New technologies in iron-making

New technologies in steel industries

New technologies for quality improvement

Making clean steel

Refractories

Simulation & modeling

Energy optimization

Economics and Markets

WTO, international trade problems & global restructuring

of the steel industry

Technology transfer & its effects on new millennium's

steel trade

Imports & exports

Effect of international economics on steel prices

Environmental Aspects

New technologies for environmental control

Environment, iron & steel industry & recycling

Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline: 6 Nov. 2002

Abstract acceptance notification: 25 Nov. 2002

Paper submission deadline: 20 January 2003

Paper acceptance notification: 4 February 2003 ■