By Sharyn Macnamara
The African Mining, incorporating Mining Mirror August 2024 issue saw so many key themes in mining collide in a jam-packed expose of innovation – whether on a human or technical level. Inspiration ultimately is what leads to innovation and change, and with the month of August being a month dedicated to women in South Africa, and September being a month of impact through expos – we celebrate the return of the beloved Electra Mining Africa to Nasrec and an over-border MTE trilogy expose in Zambia – we do indeed have a lot to talk about.
Sharyn Macnamara, editor African Mining, incorporating Mining Mirror. © Interact Media Defined
Face-to-face exhibitions support innovation
There is nothing like a face-to-face exhibition of innovative products and services to re-ignite inspiration, energy and ideation, with its traditional appeal to the senses being key! Our 2024 August issue set the scene for both events (https://joom.ag/MIyd). It is not always easy staying on top of the latest innovations in your field, but at Electra Mining Africa 2024, you will find all the latest cutting-edge technology on display, be able to attend presentations and seminars by trailblazers in the industry and meet hundreds of exhibitors across the areas of mining, electrical, automation, manufacturing, power and transport all in one place.
As an official media partner of Electra Mining Africa, our August 2024 issue will be available in hard copy at the event from 2–6 September, and we will also supply a daily newsletter for the entire week. The newsletters and the issue supports the Electra Mining Africa 2024 ‘every day, a theme a day’ concept, which reflects intertwined trends in industry, with a number of expert contributions discussing the key issues driving the industry currently. These themes are: sustainability, women and skills development, safety, technical advancement and innovation and – within the southern African context – localisation and beneficiation.
On the local front: Navigating Electra Mining Africa 2024
Your first port of call should be to visit https://www.africanmining.co.za/electra-mining-2024/ – our Electra Mining Africa 2024 events page on the African Mining website!
Then, follow these practical steps to make your experience streamlined:
- Step 1: Pre-register. You can do this on the Electra Mining Africa website, https://visitor.electramining.co.za/?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuZHM7djThwMVZrGDBx0sjQcKEAAYASAAEgJGffD_BwE, for free. Would you like to be a The amount of Platinum Guest visitors will be limited each day.
- Step 2: Print your badge.
- Step 3: Plan your day. Use the tools provided to preview what is on offer beforehand – the Electra Mining Africa website, the Electra Mining Africa APP and collateral such as the daily activity newsletter available at the show on the day, which will include detail such as seminar sessions and theatre locations, live visitor activations, product demonstrations and product launches.
- Step 4: Avoid the queues – come early and bring your printed badge. 85% of Electra Mining Africa visitors arrive between 9:00 and 11:00 to get the best leverage out of the show. Your printed badge will fast-track a streamlined entrance.
- Step 5: Use the Electra Mining Africa online exhibitor list and the One Match Business Networking tool. This will allow you to select the businesses you would like to interact with. The tool will enable you to secure a spot in the diary of those exhibitors and tech experts that you want to meet with.
- Step 6: Buy your catalogue and support Shoose Life.
- Step 7: Use the new traffic management system! All outside exhibit areas will be colour coded to demarcate areas for ease of navigation, so look out for signage and coloured carpets.
- Step 8: Go equipped to enjoy! Wear the right gear for fun-filled, long walks and hot days – sunscreen and the right shoes are imperative. Visitors will receive the traditional cap and water bottle giveaways. The event will supply water refill areas to keep visitors hydrated.
- Step 9: View African Mining’s ‘Product and service offering preview’ which offers a taste of some of what is ‘moving and shaking’ the African mining sector: https://www.africanmining.co.za/2024/08/01/african-mining-product-service-preview/
- Step 10: Follow African Mining on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/african-mining-publication/) and visit https://www.africanmining.co.za/mining-africa-digital-registration/ to register to receive the African Mining newsletters to be sent out each day of the event.
Over border excitement
Our sister company, MTE, will see its travelling exhibition trilogy tour hit Zambia in the third week of September. The tour has grown to include three showstoppers in the thriving copper belt – three consecutive expos within one week, starting with the Kalumbila Expo on 16 September, stopping off at Solwezi on 18 September and ending the tour on 20 September in Kitwe.
Be sure to attend these local and over-border expos, which offer a shop window of innovation, displayed in one area, enabling you an overview of what is out there to meet your current needs, rather than waiting for representatives to knock on your door. Visit our product and service review from leading innovators in mining, also available on our Electra Mining event page on the African Mining website (https://www.africanmining.co.za/electra-mining-2024/).