How NextOre's magnetic resonance technology captured the attention of the global copper industry at the World Copper Conference in Santiago.
NextOre returned to the World Copper Conference in Santiago to showcase its magnetic resonance bulk ore sorting technology — and the response confirmed what the data has long shown: this is a technology whose time has come.
Chile is NextOre’s most strategically important market. With 19% of the world’s copper reserves concentrated in a single country, no serious bulk ore sorting company can afford to be anywhere else when the global copper industry convenes. The World Copper Conference is that moment and NextOre was there.
The conference was well attended, and NextOre’s presence on the exhibition floor generated strong, substantive interest. Conversations ranged from early-stage exploration of the technology to detailed technical discussions with operators actively evaluating bulk ore sorting for existing operations. The breadth and quality of those engagements was a clear signal: the mining industry’s appetite for real-time, accurate grade measurement at scale is growing, and NextOre’s MR technology is increasingly recognised as the answer.
A Combined Presence with Gebr. Pfeiffer
NextOre was partnered on stand with Gebr. Pfeiffer Australia, headed by André Kluge a collaboration that extended the reach and relevance of both companies’ presence at the conference. Gebr. Pfeiffer’s support has been valuable, and the joint stand reflected the kind of ecosystem partnerships that allow deep technology companies to punch above their weight at major industry events.
The Future of Mining Panel
A highlight of the conference was the invitation extended to NextOre’s Rob Adamson to participate in the Future of Mining panel, a frank and forward-looking discussion on the challenges and opportunities ahead for the minerals sector.
The issues on the table were significant: declining ore grades, rising energy and water costs, increasing pressure on environmental and social performance, and the urgent need for step-change improvements in processing efficiency. These are precisely the conditions that make NextOre’s technology not just commercially compelling, but operationally necessary. The panel was a timely and valuable forum, and Rob’s participation placed NextOre squarely in the conversation about where the industry is heading.
In-Country Capability
Events like the World Copper Conference are only as productive as the preparation and coordination that surrounds them. NextOre’s in-country operators in Chile — Jesús Caro Romero and Bernardo Ossandón — managed a demanding schedule of stand commitments, external meetings, and bilateral engagements with characteristic skill and professionalism. Their on-the-ground knowledge of the Chilean market and their relationships across the industry are a genuine competitive advantage for NextOre in this region.
What the Conference Confirmed
NextOre attends major industry events with a clear purpose: not simply to be present, but to advance specific commercial and technical relationships in a market where face-to-face engagement matters enormously. By that measure, Santiago delivered.
The range of interest across the conference, from major producers to mid-tier operators, across open-pit and underground applications, reinforced that NextOre’s MR bulk ore sorting technology addresses a real and growing need. It improves the economics of existing operations. It reduces waste, energy consumption, and tailings. And it does so at the throughput rates that large copper mines actually run at.
That is a compelling proposition in any market. In Chile, where the scale and concentration of copper production is unmatched anywhere in the world, it is an exceptional one.
For enquiries about NextOre’s bulk ore sorting solutions for copper operations, contact us at info@nextore.com.au