Project matching signing ceremony of CHINA MINING 2011 Launched
Source: Office of CHINA MING Citation: Office of CHINA MING Date: November 8, 2011
The project matching signing ceremony of CHINA MINING 2011 was held at Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center. Minister of the Ministry of Land and Resources Xu Shaoshi, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Land and Resources Wang Min, Chief Engineer of the Ministry of Land and Resources Zhang Hongtao, Vice Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region Dong Mingjun, Vice Mayor of Tianjin Xiong Jianping as well as many Chinese and foreign delegates to the Thirteen CHINA MINING attended the ceremony. Based on the previous sessions, the congress concentrates on organizing activities such as contract signing, negotiation and exchange on mining cooperation projects to promote substantial project cooperation carried out by Chinese and foreign mining enterprises. It is learned that there are a total of 55 projects contracted at the signing ceremony with contract value amounting to RMB 15.7 billion. Among them, there are 12 domestic projects with a total value of RMB 5.5 billion; 43 overseas projects with a total value of RMB 10.2 billion. The projects are mainly distributed in 18 countries and regions including Australia, Nigeria and Sudan and related to aspects such as cooperation on mineral exploration and development, financial market cooperation and strategic framework cooperation, mainly involving mineral types such as gold, copper, iron and lead zinc. (By Wang Bojue)
CHINA MINING Congress and Expo 2010 attracted 4,176 registered delegates (including 1,229 abroad, and 2,947 domestic) from 57 countries and region as compared to 3,000 delegates last session. The number of delegates, exhibitors and visitors amounted to 4,500 as compared to 3,500 last session. There were an 53% increase in total exhibitors to 276 as compared to 180 last session , and an 51% increase in total standard booths to 635 as compared to 420 standard booths last session,. The exhibition area exceeded 10,000 square meters, increasing by 25% compared to the previous session. Mr. Li Keqiang, Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony and delivered an opening speech. First Vice President of Republic of Peru Luis Giampietri Rojas and Managing Director of World Bank Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as well as mining ministers and vice ministers and ambassadors of eight countries were present at the congress. At the projects signing ceremony, 62 international cooperation projects were signed, amounting to RMB11.7 billion. Meanwhile, the congress attracted nearly 200 major media organizations as well as mining journalists from more than 30 countries in the world to be present for spot coverage. In terms of number of delegates and scale of exhibitors and booths, the CM2010 all topped the previous sessions, ranking the world’s premier mining congress and expo..
CHINA MINING Congress and Expo 2011 will be held at Tianjin Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center on November 6th-8th, 2011. We invite you to join the event and to celebrate the 13th anniversary of CHINA MINING with us. For more information about CHINA MINING 2011, please visit: www.chinaminingtj.org
