Event Calendar

Fastmarkets Battery Raw Materials Shanghai 2025
2025-02-25 - 2025-02-26 | Shanghai, China, China
Fastmarkets is returning to Shanghai in 2025, assembling the key opinion leaders, government representatives and innovators impacting the future of China’s battery raw materials supply chain in 2025 and beyond.
This content-rich conference will bring domestic and international mining companies, refiners, battery producers, recyclers, OEMs, and EV and ESS manufacturers together to network, strengthen existing relationships, and forge new partnerships.
Join us for market-leading insights about the key trends, pricing outlooks, and forecasts shaping China’s domestic markets and international prospects

Commodity Trading Week APAC - Singapore
2025-02-19 - 2025-02-20 | Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Building on last year’s triumphant debut, Commodity Trading Week APAC is returning for its second edition in 2025, further solidifying its position as the premier event in the Asia Pacific region for the commodity industry. This follows 15 years of unparalleled success, including our partnerships with esteemed organisations such as Enterprise Singapore.

GTR MENA - UAE
2025-02-18 - 2025-02-19 | Dubai, UAE, The Address Marina Hotel, United Arab Emirates
Having celebrated the largest ever edition of GTR MENA in 2024, welcoming a record-breaking 1,136 attendees, GTR is excited to return to Dubai on February 18-19, 2025, bigger, better and ready to host the region’s leading content and networking platform for the global trade, export, commodity and supply chain finance community.
The annual two-day conference will provide high value networking opportunities, enabling delegates to catch up with industry friends, forge new business connections and meet with highly esteemed exhibitors from leading trade service providers across the Middle East and North Africa. Over 80 industry experts will explore the latest trends and developments, highlighting both challenges and opportunities whilst offering future projections of the market. The GTR team looks forward to welcoming you there!
2025 key discussion themes:

Leadership, innovation and sustainability: Driving economic growth through empowerment
Diversification, state support and ‘flight to quality’: The commodity financing melting pot
Delivering trade growth: Do banks need to less cautious?
Opening new doors for trade: The corporate perspective
Milestones reached but challenges ahead: How can digital reach the parts others can’t?
Is supply chain finance on a downward curve?

BLACK SEA GRAIN EUROPE - 2025
2025-02-13 - 2025-02-14

Coaltrans India 2025
2025-02-10 - 2025-02-12 | New Delhi, India, India
Coaltrans India is back!
For 2025 – India’s longest-running coal event returns to Delhi, where we will convene more than 800 national and international delegates from across India’s coal supply chain, including miners and traders, importers, freight operators and end users.
Coaltrans India is the only conference to gather all the key players from this major coal region. It’s a one-stop-shop to meet new business partners, re-forge relationships, and hear from expert speakers as we examine the latest trends, unpick the shifting supply chain landscape, and debate the key issues at the centre of the Indian coal industry.

Middle East Bunkering Convention 2025 • Dubai
2025-02-03 08:00 - 2025-02-05 17:00 UTC | Dubai, UAE, The Address Marina Hotel, United Arab Emirates
The Middle East Bunkering Convention returns to Dubai in February for more meaningful and informative debate and engagement on the ‘health’ of the marine fuels sector – from both a global and a regional perspective.
In 2025, MEBC marks its 10th anniversary and this year’s conference offers an opportunity to reflect on the challenges, opportunities and trends experienced by the bunker sector over the last decade. More importantly, this key and always dynamic gathering of marine fuel professionals will encourage discussion on what lies ahead for the industry – in the near and mid-term.
A decade on from the first MEBC, the commercial environment for the bunker sector is much more complicated and difficult to negotiate. Looking out to the next 10 years, the picture becomes even more challenging, with a highly charged geopolitical situation and the introduction of challenging environmental regulations which will put counterparty relationships under the spotlight and place a heavy financial burden on the shipping sector.
Added to this, the shipping, marine fuel and port sectors are facing difficult decisions over decarbonisation strategies and there are so many questions to be answered over what the bunker supply infrastructure for conventional and new marine fuels will look like in the coming years. The increasingly significant role of AI and digitalisation in shipping must also be added to the mix.
The tenth edition of MEBC will offer a unique platform for the bunker sector to reflect on the ‘here and now’ of its business and to discuss how it must evolve to be able to address the challenges, and grasp the opportunities, that make up its future.

When Charterparties Hit Breaking Point
2025-01-21 18:30 - 23:00 | Geneva, Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland

Fastmarkets Circular Steel Summit 2025 - USA
2025-01-14 - 2025-01-16 | Houston, United-States

CommodityThursdays Dubai
2024-12-05 18:00 - 21:00 | SO/ Uptown Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
CommodityThursdays are casual and fun afterwork drinks aimed at bringing together everyone within the commodities and shipping trading industry. 🌐🚢
They initially began as a local community in Switzerland, offering individuals within the shipping and trading industries a casual environment to connect with others from diverse backgrounds.
Due to the success of these afterwork drinks, we have expanded our reach to other global hubs, including London, Singapore, Zug, Rotterdam, Dubai, and many other locations are coming. 🌍🌆
These afterwork drinks are free (buy your own drinks) and open to all in commodities and shipping, so drop by with your friends and colleagues! 🥂

CommodityThursdays Singapore
2024-12-05 18:00 - 21:00 | Lion Brewery Co, Singapore, Singapore

CommodityThursdays Rotterdam
2024-11-28 18:00 - 21:00 | Rodin Café Restaurant, Rotterdam, Netherlands

GTR Nordics Sweden - Navigating turbulent times for Nordic Trade
2024-11-27 | Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
After a record-breaking attendance of over 580 delegates at the 15th anniversary of GTR Nordics, the annual gathering will return to Stockholm on November 27 to once again assess the latest challenges faced by the region’s trading entities and their financing partners.
The conference will provide various high-level and unmissable insights on the key opportunities and challenges impacting Nordic trade, exports and supply chains from over 50 industry experts in our in-depth panel discussions.
Bringing together corporates, financiers, risk management experts, government and development agencies as well as tech innovators from across the trade, export and supply chain financing ecosystem, the 2024 edition will provide multiple unrivalled networking opportunities throughout the day.

GrainsWorld 2024 - UAE
2024-11-27 - 2024-11-29 | Dubai, UAE, The Address Marina Hotel, United Arab Emirates
Join us at GrainsWorld 2024 in Dubai, where industry leaders and key stakeholders from the global grains and pulses sectors will converge for high-impact discussions, networking, and collaboration. This event presents a unique opportunity for delegates, exhibitors and sponsors to position their respective esteemed brands at the forefront of the industry, and for delegates to gain cutting-edge insights and forge valuable connections.

Intermodal Africa 2024 | 26-28 November 2024
2024-11-26 - 2024-11-28

Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference
2024-11-26 - 2024-11-27

CommodityThursdays London
2024-11-21 18:00 - 21:00 | Circe’s Rooftop Waterloo, London, United Kingdom

Fastmarkets Middle East Iron & Steel 2024 - UAE
2024-11-18 - 2024-11-20 | Dubai, UAE, The Address Marina Hotel, United Arab Emirates
The 2024 Middle East Iron & Steel Conference is set to offer a newly enhanced agenda covering everything you need to know about the industry, regionally and globally. The Transformation Stage and the NextGen Innovation Stage will offer a diverse lineup of sessions, the conference will delve into the latest market data, emerging trends, legislative updates, and technological advancements.
From workshops and panels to presentations and case studies, the revamped format ensures that key topics are addressed in ways that engage and inform every attendee.

Global Grain Geneva 2024
2024-11-12 - 2024-11-14 | Geneva, Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland
Join 800+ global professionals to connect, trade, and exchange insights at this key grain trading event.
📅 Nov 12-14, 2024 📍 Geneva, Switzerland
Meet experts from 55+ countries and stay ahead on market trends and logistics.
🔗 Register now!

Maritime & Logistics Zone | 11-14 November 2024
2024-11-11 - 2024-11-14

Fastmarkets 40th International Ferroalloys 2024 - Turkey
2024-11-10 - 2024-11-12 | Istanbul, Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey

CommodityThursdays x TXF Commodity Week: Dealmakers Mixer - Switzerland
2024-11-07 18:00 - 21:00 | The Foundry, Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Dealmakers Mixer will take place on Thursday 7 November from 6pm-9pm at The Foundry, a stunning venue that pays homage to the city’s history as a commodities base. In true TXF style, we’re revamping the approach to networking – combining ad hoc and spontaneous meetings with pre-scheduled dealmaking “dates”, as well as arranging the networking space into a series of zones divided by sector. This will give attendees the best possible chance of turning drinks to deals as well as catching up with friends in a relaxed, friendly manner. Join the leading lights of the industry, as we welcome traders, producers, financiers, lawyers, insurers, brokers, exchanges, collateral managers, and more.

GTR US - The leading event for the US trade, supply chain, working capital financing and risk management community
2024-11-07 | New York, USA, New York, United States
Following spectacular attendance growth in 2023, GTR US has once again affirmed its status as the leading event for the US trade, supply chain, working capital financing and risk management community.
With a record-breaking crowd of over 500 attendees at the previous instalment of this market-leading gathering, the event is set to return to Manhattan on November 7, 2024, offering the latest insights into emerging trends and opportunities across the global trade and working capital financing space.

Arctic Shipping Summit 2024 | 6-7 November
2024-11-06 - 2024-11-07

23rd Mare Forum Ship Finance 2024
2024-11-06 | Rotterdam, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Netherlands

3rd Argentina & LatAm Lithium Summit 2024
2024-11-05 - 2024-11-07

Chile Energy Transition 2024 Summit
2024-11-05 - 2024-11-07

African Energy Week (AEW) 2024
2024-11-04 - 2024-11-08 | Cape Town, South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa

Monaco Ship Energy Forum - Understanding decarbonisation - Monaco
2024-11-04 | Monaco, Monaco, Monaco
Understanding decarbonisation: Turning challenges into opportunities
Located in the unique and vibrant Principality of Monaco, this high-level one-day forum will bring together industry experts, regulators and thought leaders to examine what sustainability means for the shipping industry’s evolution and how it will inform the strategies and goals of all maritime stakeholders.
With its headline theme of ‘Understanding Decarbonisation: Turning Challenges into Opportunities, the conference sessions will focus on the impact on shipping of recent and upcoming global and European environmental regulation, the future fuel supply chain, the shipping technology ‘revolution’, corporate decarbonisation and ESG strategies, and how to access the finance needed to deliver the maritime sector’s energy transition.

GTR Africa London - Charting Africa’s trade trajectory from London - UK
2024-11-01 - 2024-11-02 | London, United kingdom, London, United Kingdom
Having welcomed over 460 delegates in 2023, GTR is excited for the UK’s leading and unrivalled Africa-focused trade and export financing conference, GTR Africa London, to return in November, 2024.
Hear from over 50 key experts as they dive into the most prominent topics of discussion including the many challenges faced across African trade, export, and infrastructure finance, and the rapidly changing dynamics of a turbulent global economic landscape and emerging opportunities for African trade.
With over 3 hours of networking opportunities, including an evening networking reception, don’t miss your chance to catch up with old friends and build those crucial new market connections. GTR looks forward to your return!

CommodityThursdays Cairo
2024-10-31 18:00 - 21:00 | Baron Bistro, Baron Hotel Cairo, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt
🚢 CommodityThursdays are your go-to regular networking drinks in the shipping and commodities trading sector. Join us for a fun and casual evening—purchase your own drinks and enjoy! 🥂 Feel free to share this invite with friends and colleagues. We are counting on you and can’t wait to welcome you! 🤝🌟
