The Surface Chemistry South America Mining Team participated in the largest mining exhibition in Latin America, EXPOMIN 2012, from 9-13 April in Santiago, Chile.

Companies from all over the world met to showcase their technological advances in equipment and services for the mining industry.

AkzoNobel was one of more than 1,200 exhibitors from over 30 countries promoting its product line of mineral processing reagents useful in the recovery of potash, calcite, iron ore and phosphate minerals to name only a few.

The exhibition was attended by more than 60,000 visitors who networked over the six day period learning about new investments, projects, and activities in the global mining sector, in addition to, transferring economic and technical knowledge associated with the extraction and operation of mining projects.