Mining and Industrial cooperation may include work in, but not be limited to, the following areas: (a) bio-mining (mining using biotechnology procedures) (b) mining techniques, specially underground mining, and conventional metallurgy (c) productivity in mining (d) industrial robotics for mining and other sector applications (e) informatics and telecommunication applications for mining and industrial plant production and (f) software development for mining and industrial applications.
The aims of cooperation in mining and industry sectors, carried out in the mutual interest of the Parties and in compliance with their policies, will be: (a) to focus cooperative activities towards sectors where mutual and complementary interests exist and (b) to build on existing agreements and arrangements already in place between the Parties.