Published: 24 July 2013

THE Mine-Entra 2013 exhibition opens today amid optimism from exhibitors that this year's event will be bigger and better.

By yesterday afternoon, most of the exhibitors were busy preparing their stands at the Zimbabwe International Trade (ZITF) grounds.

Mine-Entra is a specialised international exhibition which caters for mutually compatible sectors such as mining, engineering and transport and other associated industries.

This year's exhibition will see foreign exhibitors from China, Germany and South Africa taking part.

ZITF, organising the event in conjunction with the Chamber of Mines, recently announced that it had already sold 5 800 square metres of space compared to 6 000 square metres recorded at the end of the same exhibition last year.

ZITF said of the space sold, 82% had been booked by returning exhibitors while newcomers made up for the rest.

The company said it was optimistic that this year exhibitors will surpass last year's figure, although it could not give the actual statistics.

- southerneye

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