{"id":3149,"date":"2018-08-07T07:56:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T21:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/?p=3149"},"modified":"2018-08-08T07:57:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T21:57:09","slug":"australias-mining-and-engineering-sector-on-show-at-qme-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/07\/australias-mining-and-engineering-sector-on-show-at-qme-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s mining and engineering sector on show at QME 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Queensland Mining and Engineering Exhibition (QME) 2018\u00a0saw\u00a0more than 4,000 attendees visiting the event to explore the latest strategies and technologies driving productivity, profitability and protection of the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">More than 230 exhibitors attended this year\u2019s event, an impressive 41 per cent increase on QME 2016. Industry heavyweights included Downer Group, Flender, Flexco, FLSmidth, Puma Energy, SMW Group, thyssenkrupp and Valley Longwall International.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Representation from key mining companies Adani, Anglo American, BHP, Glencore and Yancoal reaffirmed QME as a must-attend event for the Queensland mining industry. Collaboration was an underlying theme in the QME Seminar series sponsored by March IT.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">With Australia\u2019s mining equipment, technology and services (METS) sector contributing $86 billion to the Australian economy and supporting half-a-million jobs<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, QME 2018 also welcomed Australian Government representatives, Senator Michaelia Cash (Minister for Jobs and Innovation), Senator Matt Canavan (Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) and Mr George Christensen MP (member for Dawson).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Brandon Ward, director of QME 2018, said the success of this year\u2019s exhibition reaffirmed the strength of the industry and its continued importance to the Queensland economy, with initial reports indicating a multi-million-dollar boost to the region during QME.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWith the sector playing such a significant role in the nation\u2019s prosperity, it\u2019s important that leading companies, decision makers, and personnel in mining and engineering have a major calendar event to come together to network and source the latest products and services,\u201d said Ward.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe would like to thank our supporters and all of the attendees, exhibitors, and speakers who chose QME 2018 to be that event, and Mackay to be that location.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Ian Macfarlane, chief executive of supporting partner Queensland Resources Council (QRC), said the popularity of QME 2018 represented tremendous opportunity for businesses in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cQME has been a fixture in Mackay for the last 25 years and remains the most important trade show for the region\u2019s mining industry. It is truly a festival of innovation \u2013 brimming with ideas, energy and pavilions of all the latest products,\u201d said Macfarlane.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe exhibition provided a great opportunity for industry to come face-to-face with the best innovators the country, and find new opportunities that will safeguard the industry for generations to come in Australia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">QRC figures show that last financial year, minerals and energy companies injected almost $14 billion into Mackay and Fitzroy regional economies. A survey of QRC\u2019s chief executive officers (CEOs) showed that more than half were looking to increase their spending with local businesses this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s3\">QME also played host to the 2018 Queensland Mining Awards, celebrating\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">the spirit of innovation, excellence and collaboration that is fostered within the highly competitive industry. QME sponsored this year\u2019s Best Product Launch Award, won by Control Systems Technology for its\u00a0IntelliRoll an autonomous \u2018plug-and-play\u2019 conveyor belt weigher.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">QME will return to Mackay in July 2020 but the next major event for engineers, mining personnel, production managers and other professionals in mining and engineering will be the Asia-Pacific International Mining Exhibition (AIMEX) set to be held August 2019 in Sydney.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queensland Mining and Engineering Exhibition (QME) 2018\u00a0saw\u00a0more than 4,000 attendees visiting the event to explore the latest strategies and technologies driving productivity, profitability and protection of the industry. More than 230 exhibitors attended this year\u2019s event, an impressive 41 per cent increase on QME 2016. Industry heavyweights included Downer Group, Flender, Flexco, FLSmidth, Puma Energy, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/07\/australias-mining-and-engineering-sector-on-show-at-qme-2018\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Australia\u2019s mining and engineering sector on show at QME 2018&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[180,6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-go-australia","category-mines-and-quarry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p83F9T-ON","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2554,"url":"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/10\/where-are-australias-major-mining-projects\/","url_meta":{"origin":3149,"position":0},"title":"Where are Australia\u2019s major mining projects?","author":"yinghui","date":"January 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The number of committed mining and energy projects in Australia has increased by 21 per cent over the past year. 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