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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

Young Persons' Lecture Competition winner looks at gas deliquification

Abbas Delavar from Scotland was awarded first place in the Young Persons' Lecture Competition
IOM3, 26 Apr 2012

EPMA 2012 Powder Metallurgy Thesis Competition

Submission deadline extended to 31 May 2012.

Particulate engineering, 25 Apr 2012

Starting from scratch - antimicrobial hard surface testing

As this report on the "Antimicrobial Hard Surfaces: The Need for Standards" conference in London on 28 February shows, antimicrobial hard surface testing is in dire need of standard practice.
Materials World Magazine, 02 Apr 2012
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Features

The finding of Gounkoto - gold exploration in Mali

Michael Forrest talks to Joel Holliday, Exploration Manager for West Africa at Randgold Resources Ltd.
Materials World Magazine, 07 May 2012

Big spenders - exploration expenditure and metal prices

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Exploration expenditure is a good indicator of the health of metal prices. Michael Forrest tracks the trends with David Cox of the Metal Economics Group.
Materials World Magazine, 07 May 2012

Consolidating composites - polymer materials for aerospace and electronics

Processing improvements have hastened the development of polymer materials for the aerospace and electronics sectors. Dr Alan Wood from Victrex outlines the route to faster production of polymer matrix composites.
Materials World Magazine, 07 May 2012
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Materials Congress 2012

Events

Functional Metallic Foams

14 Jun 2012, Mitcheldean, UK
One-day free event aiming to raise the awareness of the recent developments of metal foams.

SHMD'2012 - Materials and Metallurgy

17 Jun 2012 - 21 Jun 2012, Sibenik, REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
10th international symposium of Croatian Metallurgical Society

Phase Equilibria: Materials for the Future

25 Jun 2012, London, UK
4th APDIC World Round Robin Seminar, a satellite event of Materials Congress 2012
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Jobs

Microscopist - Ceram

To £30,000 + benefits, Stoke-On-Trent

A first class scientist with the depth of skill in operating and interpreting results of SEM and optical microscopy analyses

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