CII Communique - December, 2010

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10th IMME and
Global Mining Summit 2010
Shrinivas V Dempo, Chairman, CII National Committee on Mining; Wahidullah Shahrani, Minister of Mines, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan;
Justine Elliot, MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Trade, Australia; Rajive Kaul, Chairman, CII Trade Fair Council; Partha Bhattacharya, Chairman,
Coal India Ltd; and Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII
The Global Mining Summit 2010
organized concurrently with the 10th
International Mining and Machinery
Exhibition, Asia’s largest mining exhibition,
was inaugurated in Kolkata on 10 November.
Covering the entire gamut of the mining,
minerals and processing industry, it was
held in partnership with the Government
of West Bengal and the Ministry of Mines
and Coal.
The inaugural session was attended by a
galaxy of eminent dignitaries from overseas
and India including Mr Wahidullah Shahrani,
Minister of Mines, Islamic
Republic of Afghanistan;
Ms Justine Elliot, MP,
Parliamentary Secretary
for Trade, Australia; Mr
David O’Toole, Dy. Minister,
Ministry of Northern
Development, Mines and
Forestry, Ontario, Canada;
Mr Partha S Bhattacharyya,
Chairman, Coal India Ltd;
Mr Rajive Kaul, Chairman,
CII Trade Fair Council;
Mr Shrinivas V Dempo,
Chairman, CII National
Committee on Mining; Mr
The 10th IMME
and Global Mining
Summit 2010
opened up new
prospects for the
Indian mining
sector, covering
the entire gamut
of the mining,
minerals and
processing
industry
The Exhibition
Spread over an area of 55,000 sqm of indoor and outdoor
exhibition space with an International Conference and
Buyer Seller Meet, the 10th IMME 2010 a new record
participation of 450 participants from 24 countries
including Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Ireland, Italy, Korea, South Africa, UK, USA, etc. Australia
was the partner country and Germany was the focus
country of the four day exhibition.
The exhibition was attended by over 12,500 business
visitors and 1,546 overseas visitors with an aggregate of
more than 17,300 visitors. Over 18,000 business enquiries
were made over the four-day event, and a number of
instant orders took place.
Madan Mohanka, Chairman, CII Mining
Construction Equipment Division; Mr Kurush
Grant, Chairman, CII Eastern Region and Mr
Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII.
In his special address, Mr Wahidullah
Shahrani elaborated on the current scenario
of the mining industry in Afghanistan. Worth
an estimated $ 3 trillion and rich in minerals
like iron ore, copper, graphite, lithium, cobalt,
gold, oil and gas and many more, it has huge
potential for further exploration. He informed
that by January next year, a major gas
pipeline project from Afghanistan to India via
Pakistan worth $ 8 – 8.5
billion will commence.
Ms Justine Elliot stated that
India plays an important
role in Australia’s mining
trade and cited energy
security partnership as
one significant area of
challenge.
M r D a v i d O ’ To o l e
highlighted the fact that
Ontario is celebrating the
‘Year of India’, validating
India’s importance in
Canada’s economy. He
said that the government
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