LIMA, PERU, 8 June 2022 – Mining Finland, an association that promotes the export of Finnish mining technology, and Linkminers, a Peruvian company that seeks to boost the future of mining, by being the leading source of information for solutions for the global mining industry, formalized a collaboration agreement in order to bring Finnish technology closer to the mining industry in Latin America, facilitating the use of Linkminers’ services by the Finnish METS.

The agreement will allow the members of Mining Finland to showcase, with additional benefits, their solutions to the mining industry in the Latin American region, through the Linkminers digital platform. Additionally, it will promote the exchange of key information on the needs of mining companies, as well as the latest technologies that are being developed for mining.

Miia Mikkonen, Chief Executive Officer of Mining Finland, noted that “We are looking forward to strengthening the connection between Finnish technology and know-how with the mining industry in Latin America. There are many companies with an interest to emerge to the Latin American market. Frequent exchange of opportunities and information with Linkminers paves the way for the companies to offer solutions for the recognized needs.”

This alliance will grant mining companies from the Linkminers community access to a diverse range of Finnish solutions, adding to the current portfolio of Linkminers, containing more than 1,000 solutions from more than 30 countries. This will allow mining operations to further increase the efficiency and safety of their operations, making them more digital and sustainable.

“This alliance will allow us to offer our mining clients new approaches to tackle the challenges facing mining operations and even more solutions from strategic countries for the sector. Mining Finland comes as an ideal ally to identify these solutions and share them with the Latin American industry”, highlighted Emilio Gómez de la Torre, CEO of Linkminers.

Members of Mining Finland and mining companies interested in benefiting from this alliance can get in contact with the Mining Finland office or Linkminers through their website www.linkminers.com.

About  Linkminers

Linkminers is a service information Peruvian company that seeks to advance the future of mining by creating opportunities for everyone. It has developed a digital platform that provides unlimited access to all types of mining solutions from suppliers around the world, with real-time information and insights into what other mining companies are doing to solve their operational needs and generate efficiencies in their value chain.

About Mining Finland

Mining Finland is non-profit and membership-fee funded association promoting export of Finnish mining technology, promoting foreign investments to Finnish mining cluster and facilitating R&D and education collaboration among mining sector actors working in Finland or in cooperation with Finnish companies. In addition to globally known players like Metso-Outotec, Valmet and Normet, a growing number of smaller Finnish innovative companies offer specialized technologies, services and solutions to improve the productivity through digitalization and optimization across the value chain.