X International Exhibition for Mining and Processing of Metals and Minerals MiningWorld Russia is taking place in IEC "Crocus Expo", Moscow from April 25 to 28, 2006. It is expected that about 250 companies from 24 countries will participate in the exhibition and about 17 thou people will visit the Show.

The organizer of the event is ITE Group plc and Primexpo.

Russia remains one of the world's largest mineral producers and will continue exploring new mineral deposits of nickel, cobalt, coal and iron ore production. It also has a large share of the output of some non-ferrous and rare earth metals, diamonds, apatite and potassium salts, nickel, gold, silver, platinum group metals and diamonds. Russia has vast mineral and metal reserves and the export of these resources significantly helps the development of the Russian economy.

The continued development of the minerals and metals sector is one of the most important geological and economic tasks in Russia . For mining technology and equipment suppliers, this creates the conditions for new business opportunities in the field of prospecting, mining operations, extraction, and refinement, as well as system solutions within the infrastructure sector with respect to transportation, energy supply, and environmental facilities.