Industry workshops, Chile 2024
In June 2024, our team conducted a case study in Chile to explore the viability of OreSand as part of a comprehensive Commercialisation strategy.
This approach aimed to validate key assumptions about market acceptance, regulatory frameworks, and the potential for integrating OreSand into local construction markets. Chile was selected due to its significant mining sector, growing demand for sustainable building materials, and existing environmental regulations concerning natural sand extraction. This practical engagement provided insights into the technical, economic, and social barriers to market entry, helping refine our strategy and product-market fit for OreSand in global contexts.
Most significantly perhaps, it confirmed that commercialisation strategies are likely to benefit from taking an ecosystem-approach, engaging broadly and cultivating collaboration to tackle some systemic barriers to OreSand in policy, market structures and cultural narratives, perceptions or concerns in both the mining and end-use sectors.