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50 MODERN MININGAugust 2015
EVENTS
countries, which has proved very successful.
“In addition, I and some of my colleagues
– including representatives of our German
principals – have been on a ‘road show’ in the
SADC region to promote the event. As a result,
we’ve managed to secure the support of several
important industry associations – for example,
the Chamber of Mines of Botswana.”
The venue for bauma Africa 2013 was
Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand
but the 2015 show is to be held (from 15-18
September) at the Johannesburg Expo Centre
(Nasrec). Commenting on this decision, Crewe
says that while Gallagher is an excellent
venue, it cannot really cater for an event of the
size of BAUMA CONEXPO AFRICA. Elaine Crewe, CEO of B C Expo.
From the point of view of the mining industry, which is currently in deep recession,
the upcoming BAUMA CONEXPO AFRICA – designed to be a showcase for the latest
in construction and mining machinery and equipment – is perhaps not being held
at the most propitious of times. Nevertheless the organisers, B C Expo South Africa,
report a tremendous response from both the construction and mining sectors and
Elaine Crewe, the company‘s CEO, says the 2015 show will comfortably exceed
in size the launch event, held in 2013 under the name of bauma Africa.
As this article was being written
in mid-August, the amount of
exhibition space booked was
in the region of 68 000 m2
compared to 65 000 m2 in
2013. In terms of visitors, the 2013 show at-
tracted 14 700 visitors from 110 countries, just
marginally short of the target of 15 000. Says
Crewe: “Our target this year is similar and, in
particular, we’re looking for more visitors from
African countries (other than South Africa), as
they constituted only 6 % of attendance in
2013. We’ve made a big investment in estab-
lishing offices and agents in a number of Af-
rican countries in order to publicise the show
and we’ve also put up billboards in several
BAUMA CONEXPO AFRICA 2015 will