Sunday News (Zimbabwe)

Loyal Mine Entra exhibitors honoured

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THE Zimbabwe Internatio­nal Trade Fair (ZITF) Company has honoured and awarded eight exhibitors for their loyal participat­ion for the past 25 years in the Mining, Engineerin­g and Transport expo (Mine Entra).

For over two decades and a milestone 25th non-consecutiv­e edition, the Mine-Entra exhibition has grown and evolved into a one-stop shop for market intelligen­ce, image building, networking and business developmen­t for the represente­d industries.

Officially opening the Mine Entra on Thursday and touring the exhibition stands, President Mnangagwa handed awards to the honoured exhibitors that included Ministry of Mines and Mining Developmen­t, National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) and Environmen­tal Management Authority (EMA). Other companies included BOC Gases Zimbabwe, Haggie Rand Zimbabwe, Industrial Sands and Shepco Industrial Supplies.

Meanwhile, in terms of the Mine Entra 2022 competitio­n winners in the Zimbabwean exhibition in the value addition (manufactur­ing) category P and R Hydraulics scooped the award with the first runner-up being Shepco Industrial Supplies and Haggie Rand coming in as the second runner-up.

Pump and Steel scooped the best Zimbabwean exhibitor in the suppliers’ category with Orac Systems second and Boc Gases third. The best Zimbabwean exhibitor in the services category was awarded to Mike Appel with Redan coming in on second place and Total Energies third. The best foreign exhibitor went to Barloworld Equipment and Shadong Xinhai Mining Technology and Equipment came second.

President Mnangagwa expressed excitement over the quality of the exhibits that were showcased by the more than 160 local and foreign exhibitors.

“I commend the exhibitors for the broad array of insightful and quality displays which I saw during my tour of the various stands,” said the President.

He said the improved high-level industry presence at the premier three-day specialise­d trade exhibition attests to the confidence that investors have in the prevailing business environmen­t created by the Second Republic.

President Mnangagwa commended the organisers of the Mine-Entra Conference for facilitati­ng several focused dialogue sessions and innovative platforms that cater for specific segments within the mining industry.

He added: “The theme of this

Conference ‘Explore, Extract,

Expand–Towards Sustainabl­e Mining Value Chains’ resonates with my Government’s policy of targeting the upward growth of the mining sector to realise a US$12 billion mining industry by 2023. It is indeed encouragin­g that as of last year, and despite the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the mining sector performanc­e amounted to US$5.2 billion from

US$2.9 billion in 2017.”

“Well done to the sector stakeholde­rs for a commendabl­e performanc­e. Since the advent of the Second Republic, I have had the privilege to commission various signature mining projects in the areas of exploratio­n, extraction and expansion.”

The exhibitors expressed optimism that the contacts made and thorough follow-ups will help them expand business and contribute more towards achieving the Government’s US$12 billion mining milestone by 2023.

Mines and Mining Developmen­t Minister Winston Chitando, who also toured the stands, expressed satisfacti­on with the quality of displays by small scale miners. He said he was impressed with the high turnout of locals, in particular.

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