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Welcome to the Light Metals Division

The Light Metals Division of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining was first established and approved by Council in June 2000. The concept behind the Division was to have an organisational arm of the materials community to serve the needs of both the traditional and emerging light metals industries and enabling technologies. Committee members on the Divisional Board are therefore representative of the varying sectors from within industry, university and research centres in the UK. Read our mission statement

News

Event report: Materials in Medicine

The Materials in Medicine event held at the University of Glasgow on 21 May 2013 attracted a good balance of academic, industrial, and intermediary delegates to hear how developments in a wide range of materials are generating new pharmaceutical and medical device technologies that better address sector needs.
Biomedical & biomaterials, 14 Jun 2013

Notice of IOM3 Annual General Meeting

The Institute's Annual General Meeting will be held on 9 July 2013
IOM3, 03 Jun 2013

Viewpoint: Weighing the options - critical raw material shortage

Catherine Joce of Chemistry Innovation looks at potential solutions to critical raw material shortage and support for substitution initiatives
Materials World Magazine, 28 May 2013
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Features

What’s in your laptop? - variety of materials used in manufacturing

Laptops are complex, but how many materials are used in their manufacture?
Materials World Magazine, 03 Jun 2013

The materials supply risk: digging deeper - seeking an accurate picture of demand

How much do companies rely on critical raw materials? The supply is level is recorded by many lists, but how accurate are they?
Materials World Magazine, 03 Jun 2013

Materials through the ages: Materials for aeroplane engines

Maria Felice considers the technology that propels millions of people to their holiday destinations each year – aeroplane engines.
Materials World Magazine, 09 May 2013
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Events

Materials Research in Microgravity

15 Jul 2013, Leeds, UK
This event will look at opportunities presented from UK's decision to join the European Space Agency's ELIPS programme

6th International Light Metals Technology Conference

24 Jul 2013 - 26 Jul 2013, Windsor , UK
International Conference for Light Metals Technology
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Jobs

Materials Scientist/Engineer - Health & Safety Laboratory

Current salary range £22,187 - £24,018 (Maximum pay range £27,288. Successful applicants will be offered a point on the salary scale, appropriate to their experience & skills), Buxton, Derbyshire

The role is to provide materials science support to HSL activities. Will include working on external projects & HSE projects & incidents, also actively seeking & developing external business.

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