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Most Eagerly Awaited Annual Event Since 2004 – the “11th China Products Exhibition” To Boost Manufacturing And Trading Opportunities For Indian Entrepreneurs

* Chinese and Hong Kong companies from more than 40 sectors to come to Mumbai with a variety of industrial and consumer products. * Style Hong Kong Pavilion will be an added attraction.

Mumbai, India, October 28th, 2013 — Being organized since 2004, the 11th edition of “China Products (Mumbai, India) Exhibition” will take place from 26th – 28th November, 2013 at the Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre, Goregaon (East), Mumbai, India. The longest running China Exhibition in India and also the definitive international sourcing platform for Indian business enterprises, this unique trade expo showcases more than 40 industries and verticals. The 11th China Products Exhibition will have an added attraction in the form of a Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) pavilion where companies from Hong Kong will showcase their range of stylish and contemporary products. Providing complimentary business matching services, the Exhibition assists Indian businesses in meeting their future business partners from China and Hong Kong.

The current edition is covering an extensive range of products across a wide section of industries like consumer electronics & durables, home appliances, fashion jewellery & accessories, machinery, machine tools, mechanical & electrical equipment & parts, power tillers, hydraulic equipment, grinding products, UPVC doors, wallpaper, medical equipment, traditional Chinese medicine, ceramic products, food & beverages, toys, LED products, silk, leather, fibres & yarns.

Powering Indian entrepreneurs to succeed for the 11th consecutive year, the Exhibition will help Indian enterprises source machinery and components from China – providing quality products at lower rates and logistics costs – thus bringing down manufacturing costs. Additionally, Indian traders, importers and distributors can source an extensive range of consumer products at more affordable prices for the burgeoning retail industry.

Despite the global and local scenario, the Indian economy is growing due to strong domestic consumption. With a rising middle class population expected to reach 267 million by 2015-16, as well as the world’s youngest population, the consumption pattern is expected to shift from food items to discretionary spending. The show offers an excellent opportunity for brands and companies to develop businesses in the areas of services and manufacturing along with the growing consumer market. India is also home to 48.8 million SMEs and 5 thousand large enterprises. This in itself is a huge potential market for companies to service the SME market owing to increasing need for efficiency and collaboration.

The trade show is being organized by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), Guangdong Provincial Committee, Sub-councils of Commercial Industry, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Sichuan, Wuhan, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation of Guangdong Province and Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute. The Exhibition is supported by the All India Association of Industries (AIAI), the India-China Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ICCCI), the Indian Merchants’ Chamber (IMC) and managed by Worldex India. For further details please log onto http://www.chinamumbaiexpo.com

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Trapped Miners Raises Questions: How efficiently run are Mineral Mines?

So how efficiently run are Mineral Mines?

The President of Chile, Sebastian Pinera probably answers this question, in part, when just a few weeks after the Chilean ordeal started, he sacked the head of national mining regulator Sernageomin, vowing a major overhaul of the body, which monitors mine safety. This action suggests, some mines have fundamental operational gaps in mine health and safety procedures.

If operational gaps are present in such critical areas, then what about other operational areas; Areas such as environmental conservation and water usage?

Alan Roddis, Engineering Director of AESSEAL plc said, “Mineral extraction is a multi-billion £, $ and Euro industry for each mining country. The returns from a profitable mine can be staggering. However, despite these returns, it should be of little surprise that in some parts of the world, little thought is given to the environmental impact that mineral mining creates”.

Roddis continues, “take the use of flush water in mine pumping applications; sometimes the volume of water involved is immense and taken from non-renewable sources. This practice is still widespread around the world as AESSEAL® experienced with a number of large mining slurry pumps with packed glands in Botswana.

The Debswana operation consisted of various diamond mines at Orapa in Botswana, a dry semi-desert area. Essential to the operation are slurry pumps pumping Kimberlite and Iron Silicate. These applications are amongst the most abrasive in the slurry-pumping world.

The packed glands on the pumps needed flush water injection (Plan 32) into the process media, at a rate of 60L/m to prevent slurry entering the seal chamber. If the water supply failed, damage occurred to the gland within 30 seconds. Only 10% of the flush water was recoverable from the process and a typical train of five pumps consumed 134 million litres per annum of water from underground water sources. Due to constant extraction over many years, the water table was dropping and the supply was threatened.

An official mandate was tabled to reduce water consumption by 10% immediately and 15% in the medium term. Pipelines from various alternative sources were considered. The most effective, and most extreme, was to build a 600km pipeline from the Okovango delta to Orapa at a cost of $US 30M. This could have endangered water levels in the delta, a world heritage site.

The eventual solution was simple. By using modern mechanical seal and system technology, supplied by AESSEAL, the majority of the 134 million litres of water/annum was saved; converting it from an open loop operation (water to drain) into a closed loop operation, similar to what you can find in a domestic central heating system. This is a simple example of the operational inefficiencies that are present in some of the mines around the world”, concludes Roddis.

Now, following the plight of the thirty-three miners in Chile, the world’s eyes are focused on the mining industry. Isn’t it now the perfect time to review the mining industries environmental operations as well as Health and Safety operations?

Address:

Alan Roddis
AESSEAL plc
Global Technology Centre
Mill Close
Rotherham, S60 1BZ
England.
Website: http://www.aesseal.com