With about three months to go, the 15th annual China Mining conference and exhibition now has more than 20 national government booths booked, and also 10 country-focussed sessions arranged as part of the convention out of the total of fifty sessions. Countries represented include Canada, Australia, Greenland, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Kenya and New Zealand. In the trade show, more than 80% of booths have been taken, and the equipment exhibition area has been enlarged, now with more than 20,000 m2. To provide more effective networking services, the organising committee will collect more detailed exhibitor information such as project summaries and commodity type, to provide more detailed information for investors and potential partners.
China Mining includes a large-scale convention with about 50 sessions, following the subject streams of Policies & Financing, Prospecting, Exploration & Mining, Commodities, Country Investment and Mining Sustainability. In addition, some new special sessions have been arranged for China Mining 2013. A Junior Mining & Exploration Investment Forum will be held for the first time, for example. The China Outbound Investment Forum (2nd Exploration Exchange China) will be supported by the China Ministry of Commerce. In this session, there will be summary and analysis report about Chinese investment abroad since 2009. The report will give general information about Chinese companies that have or are investing abroad and also give some information on current situations and strategies of several companies.
The China Green Mines Conference will “bring a lot of business opportunities for foreign mining, consulting, technology and equipment companies” say the organisers. According to Chinese government policies, by the year 2020, most of the mine sites in the country should be “green mines.” Moreover, the Chinese government has formulated strict evaluation categories for the certification of green mines. As China has more than 100,000 mines, this is a colossal task and an attractive business opportunity for the international mining equipment and consulting community.
The organisers state: “Even though China cannot rescue the global economy and also it slows down the expectation of the increasing rate of GDP, China is still the most active market worldwide, which allows for a large quantity of new business opportunities despite the uncertain situation. The China Mining conference and exhibition is also playing an ever more important role in the global mining sector.”