AIMEX PREVIEW
AIMEX Returns to Sydney in 2013
Vendors from around the world gather at Olympic Park to showcase new tools and
services for Australian miners
By John Miller, Australian Editor
The Asia Pacific's premier mining exhibition AIMEX is returning to Sydney's
Olympic Park in August, with a focus on
innovation to help delegates make efficiency improvements and lift productivity in
the face of softening global resources
prices. Organizers are expecting more than
600 exhibitors to showcase the latest in
mining equipment, products and services
from August 20-23.
According to Reed Mining Events, the
show is growing exponentially with more
than 17,000 visitors going through the
turnstiles for the 2011 event, an increase
of 40% over the previous exhibition. The
2013 event is the first biennial event with
previous versions held every four years.
"The mining industry is going through a
very rapid rate of change and innovation,
with a correspondingly fast pace of product
development. In the two years since our
last AIMEX, the industry has also really
focused on productivity and efficiency, and
the need to reduce costs," said Reed's
Exhibition Director Paul Baker. "In response to this, the emphasis among
exhibitors and displays at AIMEX 2013 will
really be all about innovation; how the very
latest processes, systems, services and
products can really meet miners' demands
for productivity and efficiency gains."
Exhibitors will include a wide range of
suppliers of innovative equipment, products and services aimed at lowering costs
per ton and increasing production and mining efficiency. "These include suppliers of
large items of capital equipment, such as
ultra-class dump trucks, underground loaders and trucks, and longwall equipment
and drill rigs, through processing equipment and systems, as well as training, safety and information management solutions.
The busy dome at the Sydney Showground during AIMEX 2011.
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