October 30, 2023
With the aim of getting to know the Australian mining ecosystem, on October 24 began in Perth the Trade Mission organized by the Chilean-Australian Chamber of Commerce (Auscham), Andes METS, Aprimin, Alta Ley and Minnovex, where Andrés Jara, Business Manager of Pares&Alvarez, participates along with a group of executives from different Chilean companies.
Among the first activities conducted by the group, Jara highlighted the visit to the SQM refinery and the BHP Integrated Remote Operations Centre of Western Australia (WAIO), which integrates four processing centers and five mines that communicate through more than 1,000 kilometers of rail infrastructure and port facilities in the Pilbara.
“This is our second participation in the mission organized by Auscham and we are very happy to do so. We continue to think that is a tremendous opportunity in Australia and specifically in Western Australia,” said Andres Jara. He added that in this second process he has confirmed that mining in continues to grow strongly and that it will generate opportunities that Pares&Alvarez’s Perth office hopes to capture.
The group, also during the two days in Perth, met with executives from Hot Chili, a company that is working on the drilling stage of the Costa Fuego copper-gold project, located near Vallenar, in the Atacama Region, and visited Austin Ingenieros, a company dedicated to the engineering and manufacture of equipment for the mining industry.
The mission, which will run until November 2 and had the collaboration of Austrade, the Government of Victoria and Queensland, ProChile, the Chile-Australia Business Council, Sonami and Sofofa, also has a program in Sydney, where they will attend the Asia-Pacific Hydrogen Summit & Exhibition ICC and the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC), among other activities.
Ximena López, Auscham CEO, explained that “in Sydney we will have the possibility to address the current and future challenges of mining companies in Australia, meet suppliers and understand their internationalization process, seek long-term partnerships, and approach institutions in the ecosystem that can serve as support in innovation.”
