The Los Angeles-based Mining and Metals On-line Procurement Marketplace has narrowed its search for an e-commerce vendor down to three candidates: Ariba, Commerce One and Oracle.
The companies, each of which is based in California, will square off this month in a 2-day contest to be conducted in seven countries. Each company will demonstrate its technical and organizational expertise to the marketplace’s 14 founding shareholders in Toronto; Johannesburg; Rio de Janeiro; London, England; Melbourne, Australia; Santiago, Chile; and Phoenix, Ariz.
“The proposal process will determine the vendor with the technical and organizational capability and ambition to be the first to create a comprehensive global technology platform for e-commerce,” says Tracy Stevenson, interim chief executive officer of the marketplace. “We will be the first truly global on-line procurement marketplace with the ability to unite a wide range of buyers and suppliers of all sizes from every possible location.”
The winner, to be chosen in early August, will be awarded the contract to establish a network of buyers and sellers of mining-related products and services.
The on-line procurement marketplace is designed to bring together producers and suppliers in more than 100 countries. Users will have easier access to equipment manufacturers and suppliers, and transactions are expected to be more streamlined.
Shareholders in the venture include Alcan Aluminum, Alcoa, Anglo American, Barrick Gold, Broken Hill Proprietary, Compania Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), De Beers Consolidated Mines, Inco, Newmont Mining, Noranda, Phelps Dodge, Rio Tinto and WMC.
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