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

Britain – nuclear island of opportunity?

Torness will be one of the last exisiting UK nuclear sites to produce electricity. Image courtesy of British Energy

The prospect of a nuclear renaissance in the UK has resulted in a closer look at its supply chain capability. Katherine Williams reports

Materials World Magazine, 01 Aug 2010

Cuts to Chinese rare earth exports

2010 will see a 40% cut in export quotas for rare earth metals from China, reports a Chinese newspaper.

IOM3, 11 Aug 2010

Linking the supply chain

Software that may help manufacturers and product designers, reduce the costs and CO2 emissions associated with transporting and storing goods is said to have been used for the first time by a major UK retailer on beverage packaging.

Materials World Magazine, 01 Aug 2010

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Features

Gold rush - advanced gold leaching

Separating gold from the surrounding rock and eliminating potentially harmful waste is important for gold recovery. Sonestie Janse van Rensburg, Senior Scientist from Mintek, South Africa, highlights the process of advanced gold leaching.

Materials World Magazine, 01 Jul 2010

Consistent copper - nonlinear modelling

Abhay Bulsari, from Nonlinear Solutions Oy, Turku, Finland, outlines the benefits of nonlinear modelling for hardness and thermal conductivity.

Materials World Magazine, 01 Jul 2010

The powder process - using ultrafine titanium in manufacturing

The methods and advantages of using ultrafine titanium in manufacturing are discussed.

Materials World Magazine, 01 Feb 2010

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Events

Innovations in Packaging - Stimulating supply chain collaborations

14 Sep 2010, London, UK

This FREE event aims to stimulate exciting R&D and innovation collaborations

Smart and Sustainable Packaging - The Materials Challenge

20 Sep 2010, Grantham, UK

This free to attend follow up event will concentrate on the materials aspects of the current Framework funding calls

HMS (Historical Metallurgy Society) Annual Conference 2010 - Accidental and Experimental Archaeometallurgy

02 Sep 2010 - 03 Sep 2010, West Sussex, UK

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Jobs

Materials & Processes Data Product Developers - Granta Design

£22-32k, Cambridge

Opportunities in a company leading the materials information technology market

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Publications

Materials Technology: Advanced Performance Materials

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About this journal

Materials World

The IOM3 member magazine

Materials World is specifically devoted to the engineering materials cycle, from mining and extraction, through processing and application, to recycling and recovery. Editorially, it embraces the whole spectrum of materials and minerals – metals, plastics, polymers, rubber, composites, ceramics and glasses – with particular emphasis on advanced technologies, latest developments and new applications, giving prominence to the topics that are of fundamental importance to those in industry.