Gigabit December 2018
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MINING<br />
“SWEDEN HAS A LONG HISTORY OF<br />
PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO THE<br />
MINING INDUSTRY AND IT’S QUITE<br />
FAMOUS FOR HAVING SOME OF THE<br />
LEADING ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT<br />
MANUFACTURERS (OEMS) IN MINES.”<br />
—<br />
Christian Orrego Silvander,<br />
Project Manager and Mining Industry<br />
Advisor at Business Sweden<br />
(US$54.8bn) to its GDP, according to<br />
Natural Resources Canada. As such,<br />
Business Sweden and SMAG decided to<br />
zero in on Canada as a key regional focus.<br />
“The reason we revived this focus on<br />
mining was due to the positive outlook<br />
on mineral prices as well as the environment<br />
here in Canada,” summarises<br />
Silvander. “The mining industry is also<br />
focusing greatly on creating a more<br />
sustainable and innovative future<br />
through industrial collaboration and<br />
this resonates quite well in Sweden.<br />
Even though we’re quite a small mining<br />
nation – we only have 15 active<br />
metals mines – we have a long history<br />
of innovating through collaboration.<br />
That aligns well with the vision of the<br />
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