INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATIONS FOR MINING AND ENERGY INDUSTRY

Date: June 3rd - 6th, 2024

EXHIBITORS: 1.146 domestic and foreign exhibiting companies.

16 INTERNATIONALS HALLS: 32 countries.

Guest country: Brazil, with 22 companies.

Asistentes: 47.000 between technical visits belonging to workers from mining, industrial and energy companies, supplier companies, educational institutions, public and private organizations, research centers and the general public, including more than 70 technical delegations from mining, energy and industrial companies.

ESTIMATED BUSINESS: US$ 940 million projected for 12 months by exhibiting companies.

SEMINARS: 

• 13 seminars attended by a total of 2,600 people, 9 of them organised jointly by AIA and other entities.
• Mining and Energy Investment Projects
• Sustainability 360: An integrated view of mining and its territory.
• Opportunities and challenges of Bioceanic Highway Corridor.
• Opportunities and challenges for the use of green hydrogen in chilean mining.
• Chile's role and strategies in the global lithium market.
• Women and Mining / Female Talent.
• Mining 4.0: new disruptive technologies.
• Open innovation in mining: Business challenges and opportunities for suppliers.
• Innovation and colaboration, driving the development of the ecosystem and the mining industry.
• Where is the human talent for the new challenges of mining?
• Training, work and mining.
• Safety Workshop with a Female Approach
• 50/50: Entrepreneurial genetics with designation of origin.

BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE: 2.800 meetings with 16 industrial and mining companies: Albemarle, Antofagasta Minerals, Capstone Copper, CODELCO, Escondida | BHP, Pampa Norte | BHP, Lomas Bayas, Altonorte, Minera HMC, Minera El Abra, Sierra Gorda SCM, Pan American Silver, SQM, Minera Las Cenizas, ATI and Finning.

ENEXPRO: Organised by ProChile, were 500 meetings in which 130 national companies and 12 foreign buyers from Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Canada, Australia, Mexico and Brazil participated. Business projected at US$ 20 million.

ENERGY PAVILION 27 27 companies corresponding to generators, suppliers of the sector, public institutions, trade associations and research centers with the aim of strengthening the link between them and generating new business opportunities.

SITE VISITS: 167 people visited nine mining sites:CODELCO Radomiro Tomic, SQM Salar del Carmen (lithium) and Coya Sur (nitrates), Minera Centinela, El Peñón Pan American Silver, CODELCO Chuquicamata, Albemarle, Spence | BHP, Minera El Abra.

NETWORKING AFTER OFFICE: 750 people participated in the three days of presentations by nine companies: Antofagasta Minerals, BHP, Capstone Copper, CODELCO, Glencore, Minera El Abra, Sierra Gorda SCM, Teck and SQM, who presented their purchasing requirements and operational challenges for the coming years, accompanied by their Supply teams.

LAUNCH YOUR INNOVATION: The platform was attended by 30 technology entrepreneurs from the mining industry, selected from a competition with 64 applications. 10 of the entrepreneurs qualified for the Innovations Pitch, where they participated for 6 and 4 million pesos, as a prize, for the first and second place respectively. Winners: Cobra Ingeniería y Automatización and WM Technologies, both from Antofagasta.

SHOWCASE YOUR INNOVATION: 326 technological and innovative products and services from exhibiting companies that seek to reduce costs, increase productivity and prevent accidents were published and disseminated to mining companies and visitors prior to the start of the exhibition.

TECHNICAL TALKS: 124 technical talks were given by exhibitors to their clients or potential clients with a total attendance of 1.283 people.

FEMALE TALENT PROGRAM: This was the third version of this employment networking event for Mining & Energy Talento Mujer, organised by REDEG together with EXPONOR. The initiative brought together and connected over 500 talented women in the country, with the industry's job opportunities.

WORKSHOP SOLARIND 2024: Universidad de Antofagasta, together with Centro de Desarrollo Energético Antofagasta and SERC Chile (Solar Energy Research Center), held the Solarind Workshop "Challenges and energy solutions to achieve carbon neutrality in the mining industry of Northern Chile, through solar energy".

AIA SME PAVILION: Pavilion aimed at AIA members that fit into the SME category. It was attended by 21 companies.

WE WILL BE AT EXPONOR Support programme for SMEs in the northern macro-zone to participate in EXPONOR: 53 SMEs, 17 of which were invited by Sercotec, were present at this stand - at a lower cost - set up especially for them.

STUDENT CONGRESS: VIII Congress of Technical-Professional Education Students of the Norte Grande held at the Don Bosco School in Antofagasta. It was attended by CEALs from technical-professional schools and high schools from Antofagasta, Calama and María Elena. The 60 students discuss about the implementation of artificial intelligence in vocational technical education and in the world of work.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

SUPPLIERS EXCELLENCE AWARD SIERRA GORDA SCM: The session "Connected Suppliers: sustainability dimension" was held with the aim of sharing Sierra Gorda SCM's vision in this area and the tenders that involve this aspect for the next two years. The event was attended by representatives from around 80 suppliers companies, at the end of the activity, the participants signed a commitment to work with sustainability.

CULTURAL EXHIBITION: 28 craftsmen from the region's various municipalities displayed their talents and creativity at the EXPONOR exhibition, where they presented their work in a variety of techniques: leather art, wood, looms, cactus, volcanic stones, native ceramics, among others.