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MINExpo INTERNATIONAL
a female model, in a red top and black skirt, standing (with her hands on her hips) in a (bright yellow) bucket of an hydraulic shovel in the exhibit hall of MINExpo 2008. The model is standing behind a velvet rope discouraging trade show attendees from standing in the bucket. Another exhibit is visible in the background as is a group of approximately 12 attendees all but one of which appear to me men.
A model in the bucket of a hydraulic shovel at MINExpo International 2008
FrequencyQuadrennially
VenueLas Vegas Convention Center
Location(s)Las Vegas, Nevada
Most recentSeptember 30, 2016 (2016-09-30)
Organized byNational Mining Association
Websiteminexpo.com

MINExpo International is a trade show sponsored by the National Mining Association.[1] The show exhibits the latest mining and minerals processing technologies, and state-of-the-art machinery and equipment for the coal, metal and nonmetal mining processing industries. Exhibitors include leading mining industry leaders like Caterpillar, Chevron, Brunel, MASABA and Hot Topic [2]

History

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MINExpo International is held every four years and has been held at the Las Vegas Convention Center since 1996.[3] The 2008 MINExpo drew over 44,000 people (an increase of over 44% from the previous show in 2004) and 1,025 exhibitors in an area of 600,000 square feet (56,000 m2)[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "MINExpo Brings it All Together". Engineering & Mining Journal. 209 (9). United States: 30. November 2008. ISSN 0095-8948.
  2. ^ a b Robison, Jennifer (Sep 23, 2008). "For Good News, Go Below Surface". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Las Vegas, Nevada. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
  3. ^ a b "Bigger Trucks, Faster Shovels, and More Miners". Skillins Mining Review. 97 (11): 2. November 2008.