The International Mining Exhibition will be held at the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos in Seville from October 18 to 20.
Around 100 companies and institutions have already confirmed their presence at the International Mining & Minerals Hall (MMH), which will be held from October 18 to 20 in Seville. The main companies in the sector have committed their attendance together with institutions and entities such as the Junta de Andalucía, the Confederación Nacional de Empresarios de la Minería y la Metalurgia (Confedem), the Confederación de Industrias Extractivas de Rocas y Minerales Industriales (Cominroc), the Fundación Minería y Vida, the Diputación de Huelva or the Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Minas del Sur, among others.
In what will be the fourth edition of MMH Seville, mining and metallurgical and extractive companies such as Atalaya Mining, Sandfire Matsa, Cobre las Cruces, Atlantic Copper, Minera Los Frailes, Tharsis Mining or Calgovsa will be present, as well as auxiliary companies from the sector and from the engineering, renewable energies or services fields, such as Insersa, Mecwide, Subterra, Liebherr Ibérica, Metso Outotec, Agbar, Sandvik, among others. In addition, companies such as Master Drilling, Xcalibur Geophisics, Civilnova Solutions, Paterson & Cooke and Torsa will also be exhibiting for the first time at the Mining Show, a number that will continue to grow in the coming months.
Organized by the Association of Research, Extraction, Mining-Metallurgical, Auxiliary and Service Companies (AMINER) and the Seville Exhibition and Conference Center (FIBES), the MMH is now in its fourth edition with the aim of consolidating Seville as the European mining capital and Andalusia as a mining region of world reference, in a context in which mineral raw materials have proved to be essential to meet the global challenges linked to the energy and digital transition.
Alternative energies, the electrification of transportation and technologies linked to the digital transformation of our society have increased the demand for metals and minerals such as copper, zinc, aluminum, steel, stainless steel, tin, lithium, nickel, cobalt and the so-called rare earths, as well as all types of industrial rocks, gypsum, lime, limestone, aggregates, marble, potash, magnesite, cement, ceramics and glass, among others.
These are key raw materials for the development of the global economy, many of which are scarce and generate a high level of dependence of the European Union on the American and Asian markets. In this sense, the International Mining Exhibition of Seville is configured as a reference framework for the sector to showcase its production, as well as the technological advances that are already being applied in its operations in order to advance in efficiency and sustainability. An international event that will also serve to present new projects and discuss the future of the sector, promoting networking among participants and the exchange of experiences, as well as the sharing of ideas to face the future of raw materials and the extractive industry in the world.
With a total of 2,629 active mining operations, mining production in Spain exceeds 3 billion euros per year. In 2020, the contribution of the mining sector in Spain was around 30,000 direct jobs, of which 22,588 jobs corresponded to the extraction of non-metallic rocks and minerals, 6,577 to metallic minerals and 154 to energy minerals, highlighting that in Andalusia metallic mining occupies 62% of total employment. In Europe, where 42 different metals and minerals are produced, the sector generates 350,000 jobs.
