A one-day event on the use of BS8905 to mitigate and manage the risk of distruption to the supply of materials will be held on 5th December 2011 at IOM3, 1 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1. Attendance at the event is free of charge and registration and further details can be found from this link.

On 2nd February 2011, the European Commission adopted a new strategy of measures to secure and improve access to strategic raw materials for the EU. A report has been published and a link to the relevant EU site has been added to the EU programmes page of this micro-site

The report and summary of the 10th European Forum on Ecco-Innovation held in Birmingham on 22-23 March 2011 can be obtained from this link

Many of the presentations from this Conference held on 10-11 November 2010 can be viewed by following this link.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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