This biennial meeting is one of the most important events of this association.

It lasts for over more than two decades and has always gathered a big adherence from its associates and a big participation rate of personalities and institutions connected to the extractive industry

It is a unique opportunity to update information, do brainstorming, strengthen contacts and evolve in the business activity.

ANIET’s management tries to diversify the location of the event in order to value the enormous contribution of the extractive industry to the regional development.

This event had a qualified and wide representation of the Transforming and Extractive Industry of Industrial, Ornamental Rocks and Mining, who had the presence of about 250 participants.

ANIET thanks all the interventions and participations of several partners, public and private, who collaborated and contributed to the success of this event, namely: DGEG- Direção Geral de Energia e Geologia; ACT – Autoridade para as Condições de Trabalho, CIMPOR InterCement; Somincor – Sociedade Mineira de Neves-Corvo, S.A.; Departamento de Armas e Explosivos da PSP: FCT – Fundação para Ciência e a Tecnologia; AICEP Portugal Global; MARKET ACCESS – Experts in International Business; Metso Minerals Portugal, Lda; ISEP – Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto I DEG – Departamento de Engenharia Geotécnica and also the Conselho Empresarial do Tâmega e Sousa.

We also thank IET’s collaboration, all the associates who were present, the exhibitors and sponsorships, because the success of this event is due to them.