EXPONOR 2026: Overview
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATIONS FOR MINING AND ENERGY INDUSTRY
DATE: 8 to 11 June 2026.
EXHIBITORS: 1.382 exhibiting companies, national and foreign.
18 INTERNATIONAL PAVILIONS AND NEW EUROPEAN UNION AREA: 36 countries present.
GUEST COUNTRY: Canada, with 38 exhibiting companies.
ATTENDEES: 60.000 attendees, including technical visits from employees of mining, industrial and energy companies, supplier companies, educational institutions, public and private entities, research centres and the general public, with more than 70 technical delegations from mining, energy and industrial companies.
ESTIMATED BUSINESS: US$ 1.2 billion projected at 12 months by the exhibiting companies.
- 7 SEMINARS: attended by 2,085 people.
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- Mining and Energy Investment Projects (1)
- Strategic Leadership, Shared Value and Territory
- Energy Matrix and Competitiveness in Mining
- Critical Minerals – Global Chains and Opportunities
- Mining and Energy Investment Projects (2)
- Innovation and Scaling for Globalization
- Challenges in Human Talent and Female Leadership in 21st Century Mining
- BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE: 3,793 meetings with 22 mining, energy and industrial companies: Albemarle, Antofagasta Minerals, Codelco, Escondida (BHP), Spence (BHP), Glencore – Lomas Bayas, Glencore – Altonorte, Minera El Abra, Minera Sierra Gorda, Pan American Silver, SQM Yodo Nutrición Vegetal, Novandino, Capstone Copper, Freeport-McMoRan, Antofagasta Terminal Internacional (ATI), KOSPO, Las Cenizas, Minera HMC – Faena Michilla, KGHM, Finning, Puerto Angamos, FCAB.
- ENERGY PAVILION: 39 companies corresponding to generators, suppliers in the sector, public institutions, trade associations and research centres: Abastible tec, AES Andes, Association of the Electronic Electrical Industry (AIE), Caxtor, Civelec, COPA-DATA, Copec, Electromin Chile, Engie, Erasmus, ESE Maquinarias, Esmax, Flanders, Fluye, Gasco Minería, Grupo Genera Ltda., ISVA Ingeniería y Servicios de Automatización, Layer Electronics, Métrica, Nomad Solar Energy, Norte y Energía, Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Powermax, Proyectos y Tecnologías Ltda., Rhomberg, SAPRI, Scantech, Sieyuan, Solarlatam, Solarmóvil, Sparber Chile, Statkraft Chile, Conecta Electrical Automation Solutions, Tempel Group, Tectramin, Vitel Energía, Voltai, Yokogawa and Zelestra. Ingeniería y Obras Civiles Civelec Ltda., Flanders Electric de Chile, Tempel, ESE Maquinarias, Orpak Latina SpA.
- 9 SITE VISITS: 175 people visited 8 mining operations: Codelco Chuquicamata, Minera El Abra, Pan American Silver El Peñón, Albemarle, SQM – Coya Sur, Antofagasta Minerals – Minera Antucoya, Novandino Litio and Codelco Radomiro Tomic.
- 3 NETWORKING AFTER OFFICE: sessions with presentations by 11 companies, which presented their purchasing needs and operational challenges: BHP, Capstone Copper Mantos Blancos, Sierra Gorda SCM, Albemarle, Minera El Abra, Codelco, Novandino, SQM, Teck, Antofagasta Minerals and Glencore. The activity brought together 60 executives and 900 attendees over the three days.
- LAUNCH YOUR INNOVATION: Participation of 30 technological entrepreneurs from the mining industry. Ten of them qualified for the Innovation Catalyst Pitch, where they competed for prizes of 10 and 5 million pesos, for first and second place respectively. Winners: Lavor Mining Technology (Tocopilla) and Smart Rental Equipments (Santiago).
- SHOWCASE YOUR INNOVATION: 383 innovative products, services and technological solutions from exhibiting companies were disseminated to mining companies and visitors before the start of the exhibition, giving them a preview of the highlights of EXPONOR 2026. Check them out Here. .
- 150 TECHNICAL TALKS were given by exhibitors for their potential clients, including the Canadian Embassy, Promperu, Amcham, Austrade, ITL, Sercotec. A total of 1,759 people attended.
- WE WILL BE AT EXPONOR 51 companies participated in the program aimed at supporting and raising the visibility of SMEs at EXPONOR, which provided them with a space to showcase their products and services, generate business opportunities, strengthen networks and connect with key players in the mining and energy industries.
- AIA SME PAVILION: 16 AIA partner companies in the SME category participated: Ck Parts SpA, Fluid Supply SpA, Hidropower Ltda., PQC Consultores SpA, Novamine, Cace Ltda., Fulcro: Centro ChileValora, Intermin Ingeniería y Servicios SpA, CloudCSP Soluciones Tecnológicas, Carval Ltda., Electroweather S.A., Indusdor Portones Industriales, Flexclean, Epol Seguridad Vial, T-Port Logistics and Negocios Alquinta SpA.
- IX Congress of Technical-Vocational Students from the Far North of Chile: attended by attended by 121 students from Student Centres from different vocational-technical establishments in the municipalities of Antofagasta, Calama, María Elena, Mejillones, Taltal and Tocopilla.
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