Chile’s Centre for Copper and Mining Studies, CESCO, is holding this year’s Cesco Week from 16-19 April in Santiago. This copper focussed event brings together major players in the mining sector from around the world that have a special emphasis on Latin America, as well as metal processing companies, investment banks, traders, engineering and shipping companies, amongst others.

The Cesco Week will start on April 16th with the V International Exploration Forum CESCO 2012,  continuing on April 17th and 18th with the XI World Copper Conference organised by CRU. The week will culminate on the evening of April 18th with CESCO´s XVI Annual Dinner at Club Hípico in Santiago. The Cesco Dinner 2012 main speaker will be Charlie Sartain, Xstrata Copper’s CEO, on the Wednesday. Cesco Week 2012 will also include different new activities such as the Sulphuric Acid Seminar and the Copper Survey 2012 Launch that will take place on April 17th, the World Economic Forum on April 18th that will include a meeting regarding the Responsible Mineral Development Initiative and the Energy and Mining Summit, which will be conducted on April 19th. Colombia accepted the invitation from the Center for Copper and Mining Studies, Cesco, to participate as the official guest country in the V International Exploration Forum CESCO 2012. 

More details about Cesco Week 2012 are available at the website http://www.cescoweek.com/