Regional authorities and representatives from mining companies were present at the visit and tour, only days before the international exhibition opens.
“We have prepared with a special focus on highlighting the qualities of our region and our country to attract foreign investment, which is very necessary for the dynamism of the national economy, and on strengthening the public-private partnership to promote a Growth Agenda", were the words of Marko Razmilic, President of the Antofagasta Industrial Association, AIA, in the framework of the launch of EXPONOR 2024.
With great expectation, Antofagasta is preparing for this international gathering of innovation and technology that will premiere its twentieth edition on June 3, with over 1,100 exhibitors from 32 countries and from all over Chile, who will present the latest trends that are being developed to respond to the different problems faced by the industrial market, both mining and energy.
The activity included a tour with the authorities, led by the Governor of the Antofagasta Region, Ricardo Díaz and accompanied by the Regional Ministerial Secretaries of Mining, Macarena Barramuño; Economy, María Teresa Véliz; and Health (interim), Leonor Castillo. On this occasion, the authorities and the representatives of the strategic partner mining companies of EXPONOR 2024 and representatives of the organizations with which work is being done in co-organized seminars, were able to see the assembly work that has already begun at the AIA Exhibition and Community Activities Grounds.
“The Regional Government has been promoting the economic diversification of the region, we prepared a regional mining strategy that is designed for the wellbeing of all the inhabitants of this region, and in that strategy we promote mining helping us to generate new types of business", said Governor Ricardo Díaz, who will also address the investments and business possibilities offered by the region in the seminar that URAI-GORE will present on the Road Bioceanic Corridor within the framework of EXPONOR.
Antofagasta Minerals is one of the sponsors of the Launch Your Innovation program, which will have 32 initiatives from all over Chile: "our lines and pillars of work include innovation, we are convinced that the great developments and the driver for the mining industry can be found there. Antofagasta is a region full of innovators, and what they need is to be able to generate that connection and synergy with mining companies, so that these innovations can respond to their real needs, especially those of Antofagasta Minerals", said Felipe Alveal, the company's Public Affairs Manager.
BHP, for its part, announced what can be found at its stands nos. 26, 27 and 28 in Outdoor Zone B, "in addition to the permanent opportunity for supplier meetings with our Supply executives, in order to generate commercial contacts, we are going to be organizing different activities at our stand, we are going to have special sessions focused on entrepreneurship and innovation with the Demoday, inclusion, diversity and autonomy", said Cristóbal Marshall, Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Escondida | BHP.
“For our company, being a strategic partner of EXPONOR 2024 once more is an important opportunity to raise awareness of the global leadership of our iodine, plant nutrition and industrial chemicals business. We will participate with a stand where we will carry out various activations related to our daily work in communities in northern Chile, sustainable development in our operations, and the exhibition of all our productive activity", said Carolina Guzmán, Assistant Manager of External Communications at SQM Yodo Nutrición Vegetal (Iodine Plant Nutrition).
In addition, the event involved the important milestone of the signature of the agreement between the Antofagasta Industrial Association and the Antofagasta Fire Department, represented by the Fifth and Tenth Companies, for the administration of the 4,000 parking spaces offered at the venue during the four-day event.
Culture and heritage will also have their area at EXPONOR, with 28 representatives from the nine counties in the region, where the artisan exhibitors from the region will show the world the traditional benefits and riches of Antofagasta. Miguel Silva, in charge of the Culture and Heritage area of the Artisans Corporation, together with the artisan exhibitor Aracelli Marín, represented this group in the launch activity.
EXPONOR 2024 -june 3 – 6- has the support of its strategic partners Albemarle, Antofagasta Minerals, CODELCO, Escondida|BHP, Minera El Abra, Pan American Silver, Sierra Gorda SCM, Spence|BHP and SQM, together with the backing of APRIMIN, Consejo Minero, Generadoras de Chile, InvestChile, the Ministries of Economy, Mining and Energy, the Regional Government, ProChile, SOFOFA and SONAMI. Official Airline LATAM. Official media partners are Minería Chilena, Reporte Minero, El Mercurio de Antofagasta and Timeline. Credit your visit: visitatecnica@exponor.cl.
EXPONOR 2024... Solutions for a sustainable industry.
Antofagasta, may 16, 2024.
