Applications were received from 14 countries in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.

PERUMIN Hub, the main open and collaborative innovation program in the mining industry, closed the call for its line of work "Innovations that take off", for the fourth edition of its contest, surpassing previous editions with 140 applications. This was announced by the Technical Committee of PERUMIN Hub.

Rafael Estrada, president of PERUMIN Hub, said that the initiative has established itself as a key space to promote and accelerate innovation in the national and international mining industry. In this regard, he highlighted the application of Peruvian innovators and from 13 other countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Finland, Germany, Israel, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States.

Estrada highlighted that the category "Innovations to be validated", focused on prototypes in the testing stage, received 84 applications, while "Successful Innovations", aimed at validated solutions, received 56 applications.

"We are extremely proud of the reach achieved. All these years, through a collaborative approach, we continue to build bridges between companies and national and international innovation ecosystems, generating valuable connections in the development of new solutions," said the president of PERUMIN Hub.

PERUMIN Hub

PERUMIN Hub, a program aimed at those who have innovative proposals and solutions to face the current challenges of the mining industry, was born from the alliance between the IIMP and the Mining Innovation Hub of Peru.

This year, the thematic axes on which the challenges to be prioritized by the industry were addressed were: Circular and Regenerative Mining, Smart Mining and New Horizons in Mining.

The selected innovators will have the opportunity to present their projects in a preferential space at PERUMIN 37, which will be held from September 22 to 26 in Arequipa. This final presentation will be important to connect with companies in the mining industry, generating opportunities for collaboration and allowing alliances to be established to enhance their proposals and solutions.

In addition, thanks to the support of the MinJust project of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), six finalists will have the opportunity to travel to Germany to learn about its research, development, and innovation ecosystem. Up to two solutions from startups, SMEs or academic institutions from Latin America and the Caribbean will be selected for each of the three thematic areas, according to the jury's evaluation.