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09/11/2021
Opening Remarks by IMOA Secretary-General, Eva Model
Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen.
As the International Molybdenum Association's (IMOA) new Secretary-General I would indeed like to thank Jinducheng, the China Stainless Steel Council (CSSC) and the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA) Molybdenum Branch for the opportunity to give Opening Remarks at the 14th China Tungsten, Molybdenum, Vanadium and Titanium Industry Annual Conference in 2021 here in Jilin which is run in conjunction with the 3rd Moly-High End Steel Forum of which IMOA is also a proud co-organizer. Unfortunately, due to ongoing travel restrictions relating to the pandemic, I cannot on this occasion be here with you in person however I do hope to be able to join this event in person in the future.
Firstly, I and my colleagues at the International Molybdenum Association (IMOA) indeed hope that you and your families are all keeping well and safe as all of us across the world, adjust to a 'new normal' and learning to live with Covid both now and in the future.
IMOA has over many years built strong connections with the Molybdenum, Stainless Steel and Alloyed Steel industries in China to cooperate and share technical knowledge on material selection for different applications and environments. This has included jointly organizing numerous domestic educational workshops for the architect, designer, and engineering communities.
Over the past year, some of our highlights pertaining to our activities in China include:
IMOA has also partnered with an influential branch of the Chinese Society of Metals, the New Steel platform, to successfully launch a series of in-depth webinars on special steels. The online delivery of these seminars will make our high-quality content available to a much wider audience in China.
Here I would like to also mention that audience-reach across our whole range of Chinese webinars increased by an order of magnitude, with over one thousand attendees joining several of them.
China's 14,500 km long eastern coastline, stretching from its southernmost Guangdong province up to its northernmost Liaoning province, is subject to corrosive conditions. Steel rebar is essential to the development of coastal concrete structures such as bridges and coastal safety systems. A 100-year service life requirement is increasingly mandated. IMOA partnered with CSSC to deliver a virtual conference presentation in November 2020 and three webinars in January and March 2021, collectively attended by thousands, highlighting the longevity benefits of using molybdenum-containing stainless steel rebar instead of plain carbon steel rebar in these environments.
Further dissemination of information about the benefits of alloying with molybdenum is also continuing on our popular WeChat channel which we recommend that you sign up to if not already signed up. To join IMOA's WeChat community, please scan the QR code that my colleague Fabio will shortly be showing you, alongside the QR code to our newly launched Chinese website.
IMOA is also delighted to be actively present at this 3rd Moly-High End Steel Forum event by way of some of today's and tomorrow's presentations on:
On that note, I wish to finish off by saying that I and the team at IMOA very much look forward to further developing our collaboration and engagement with Jinduicheng, the China Stainless Steel Council, CNIA's Molybdenum Branch, and of course you -the molybdenum industry stakeholders in China, and we will actively be exploring new avenues and potential ideas with the aim of building an even stronger cooperation with you all in the future.
Again, thank you for the opportunity to give Opening Remarks at our molybdenum focussed event and I wish everyone a great and insightful conference.
A report on the wider conference can be found here.
General information for media
IMOA is a non profit trade association, representing the majority of the molybdenum industry worldwide. It works to raise awareness about the unique properties of molybdenum, its beneficial effects on materials performance, its safety in use and its contribution to sustainable development.
Molybdenum is added to alloy steels to improve strength, toughness, hardenability and weldability for numerous applications in the automotive, shipbuilding, construction, mining, chemical, oil & gas and energy generation industries. In stainless steels and superalloys, it improves corrosion resistance and high-temperature performance and finds uses in many industrial applications. It is also used in a variety of products from catalysts and lubricants to pigments and paint.
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