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MTE DIGS DEEP ON THE LOCAL FRONT
By Sharyn Macnamara
MTE is making its ‘ orange and yellow ’ mark in the South African mining and industrial sectors – in the power industry and across all major mining commodities – in a big way in its thirtieth year of business .
Mining and Technical Exhibitions ( MTE ) has hit the middle of its financial year with an historical milestone met in the North West , its port of call with a difference in KZN , a visit to both Limpopo and Mpumalanga , and landing , full force , in the Northern Cape this month where industrial developments are heating up too .
PGMs – metals of the future The famous MTE combo shows in the in the western limb chrome and platinum belt on 18 and 20 April 2023 , in Mooinooi and Rustenburg respectively , saw MTE host the largest number of suppliers and visitors over a three-day period that the company has ever hosted in the history of its thirty years in business . A total of over 700 mining professionals were engaged by over 58 and 134 suppliers , at the two shows respectively , showcasing the latest in mining and industrial tech and solutions . 1
The company ’ s single expos at Royal Bafokeng ( attracting major acquisition attention at the time of writing ) and Zondereinde ( the deepest PGMs mine in the world , currently sinking No3 shaft ) 2 ran in the same vein with similar results . A total of over 68 suppliers networked with over 372 mining decision makers .
© Andrew Macnamara , Mining and Technical Exhibitions
Free-standing area of the MTE expo at Rustenburg , officially the biggest show in the company ’ s history ( 138 suppliers networked with over 500 visitors on the day ).
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