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The organizers IMAG GmbH and Afrocet Montgomery announce that the ConMin West Africa, international trade fair for construction machinery and mining, and the co-located National Mining Summit, both planned for September 2018, will be cancelled for the foreseeable future.

From 25 to 27 September, Algeria becomes an important meeting spot for the mining industry. The professional trade fair MICA in Algiers offers a platform to manufacturers and service providers from the mining sector to present their products and know-how in the growth market which is Algeria.

The international trade fair for construction machinery and mining, ConMin West Africa, in Abuja, Nigeria, and the co-located National Mining Summit will be postponed from May 2018 to September 4-5, 2018. At the trade fair exhibitors from across the globe will present their technical solutions and products, with the conference focusing on the future of the mining industry. High-ranking representatives from both the public and private sector from West-African countries are expected to attend the events. Due to the new date, companies still have the chance to register for the trade fair to showcase their product portfolio to the promising growth market that is Nigeria.

analytica Vietnam, a spin-off of the analytica in Munich, celebrates its tenth anniversary: From April 03 to 05, 2019, the sixth iteration of the trade fair for analysis, laboratory technology and biotechnology will be held at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City. Since its launch in 2009, analytica Vietnam has become the industry's most important trade fair in the growth market of Vietnam. In 2019, once more an extensive conference and supporting program with a Buyer–Seller Forum will accompany the exhibition. Exhibitors can register for analytica Vietnam from now on.

The construction industry in the Philippines has been booming for years with no signs of stopping. Taking part in the PHILCONSTRUCT in Manila, the biggest construction trade fair in the country, opens up opportunities for overseas construction companies to establish themselves in this dynamic growth market. From 2018, the foreign trade fair company IMAG is taking over responsibility for trade fair sales in Europe and the USA, which makes it easier for companies from these regions to take part.

IMAG GmbH is expanding its involvement in the mining sector. With immediate effect, the subsidiary of Messe München has become an international partner of the MICA mining trade fair in the Algerian capital of Algiers. To make this official, IMAG and Symbiose Communication Environnement have recently signed a partnership agreement. The next edition of the trade fair will be held in September 2018.

There was once again considerable interest in IranConMin in 2017: some 20,500 visitors attended this year's trade fair for mining, construction machinery and construction systems, which took place from November 4 to 7 in Tehran. Nearly 300 exhibitors from 15 countries showcased their product portfolios on a surface area of 16,000 square meters. As a result, the 13th edition of the region's biggest mining and construction fair was able to maintain the previous year's upward momentum.