Welcome to the Mining Technology Division

As one of the technical Divisions of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, we work under the umbrella of IMMa, the International Mining and Minerals Association to support the Mining and related Industries world wide, by providing a focus for the exchange of knowledge on all aspects of mining technology. Read our mission statement

News

New Gold Demand Trends and Updated Supply and Demand Statistics

The World Gold Council has published its latest issue of Gold Demand Trends, which suggests demand for gold will remain robust during 2010.

Mining & minerals (IMMa), 25 Aug 2010

Mining Qualifications and Competency Conference - Extra Dates

Two extra dates have been added to the Mining Qualifications and Competency conference to be held in September.

Mining & minerals (IMMa), 13 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

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Features

Fine grading - aggregates in Mountsorrel

Michael Forrest talks to Ian Brown, National Production Manager of Lafarge Aggregates, about the ongoing rock supply found at the long-serving Mountsorrel Quarry, in Leicestershire, UK.

Materials World Magazine, 01 Jul 2010

Legal minefield - due diligence for mining companies

Mining companies that are expanding operations to different countries must ensure they have the correct legal guidance suitable for the location. Andrew Wright, Head of Public Markets for law firm Cobbetts LLP, outlines the issues.

Materials World Magazine, 01 Jul 2010

Rare earth resource

Namibian rare earth resources could break the Chinese monopoly for these elements

Materials World Magazine, 01 Jun 2010

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Events

Mine Water & Innovative Thinking IMWA 2010

05 Sep 2010 - 09 Sep 2010, Sidney, Nova Scotia, CANADA

Mining Qualifications and Competency Conference

07 Sep 2010, Nr Porth, UK

Mining Qualifications and Competency Conference - Additional Dates

16 Sep 2010 - 17 Sep 2010, Mansfield, UK

Extra dates have been added for the Mining Qualifications and Competency Conference

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Publications

Current issue

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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.

CRIRSCO and Reporting Code

CRIRSCO - the Combined Reserves International Reporting Standards Committee - is the international committee which coordinates the activities of the national reporting committees including PERC, JORC (Australasia), SAMREC (S.Africa), CIM (Canada), IMEC (Chile), and SME (USA).

PERC

PERC: the Pan-European reserves & Resources Reporting Committee, co-sponsored by IOM3/IMMa together with the Geological Society, the European Federation of Geologists, and the Institute of Geologists of Ireland, has launched the consultation draft of its new minerals reporting code. Further information is available from www.percreserves.com

IMMAGE

IMMAGE is the world's foremost reference database of abstracts and citations of scientific and engineering literature for the international minerals industry. Further information