IMMAGE: The reference database for the international minerals industry
IMMAGE (Information on Mining, Metallurgy and Geological Exploration) is the world's foremost reference database of abstracts and citations of scientific and engineering literature for the international minerals industry.
Covering material published from 1979 to the present, IMMAGE now contains over 105,000 records, with two to three thousand references being added each year.
To produce this high-quality, internationally recognised and reputable database, selection, abstracting and indexing are carried out by experienced and technically qualified staff and the content is indexed with controlled vocabulary and thesaurus terms.
Fields covered:
Technical research, development and operating practices for metalliferous and industrial minerals are covered in the fields of:
- Economic Geology
- Mining Technology
- Mineral Processing
- Extractive Metallurgy
- Non-Metals Extraction
Related topics include:
- Minerals Industry (including Economics, Legislation and Education)
- Health and Safety
- Environment (including Waste Treatment and Reclamation)
- Mathematical Methods and Computing
- Analysis and Instrumentation
- General Engineering
- Civil Engineering (including Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling)
- Uses
- History
Sources: Journal articles, conference proceedings, books, maps, technical reports, statistics, legislation
The IMMAGE Database is published by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, 1 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5DB.
IMMAGE - formats currently available
IMMAGE online – now available!
2010 rates will remain at the same level as 2009!
Rates: Single site access - Full Subscription, Corporate Rate £450, Academic Rate £395, Individual Member Rate £100, Individual Non-member £250.
Please enquire about discounts for multiple sites.
The IMMAGE database is now available online to all our current IMMAGE on CD subscribers. Please log in using the link on the left.
Using a powerful search engine provides an easy way to find relevant information fast. Updated frequently, IMMAGE online is an excellent way of keeping abreast with developments. It includes an Alerting Service which will inform you when new items are added in areas of interest to you.
Free access to IMMAGE online is now available to IOM3 members as a new member benefit.
Non-members can request trial access to IMMAGE online.
IMM Abstracts
2010 Rates: Corporate/Academic Rate £350*, Individual Member Rate £240*
This is the current awareness bulletin for technical literature in the mineral industry. Published quarterly, IMM Abstracts is the hard copy version of the IMMAGE database. It provides a useful alternative for those who like to keep up to date with the technical literature in their field by browsing through a printed journal organised by broad subject areas, rather than by searching electronically for specific topics.
* Prices inclusive of p&p to UK and Europe; subscribers outside Europe who wish to receive their copies of IMM Abstracts by air mail should add a surcharge of £15 (£20 for Australasia, the Far East and the Pacific).
Contact us for rates to receive IMM Abstracts as a PDF version.
IMMAGE on CD will be discontinued from January 2010
Please enquire instead about IMMAGE Online access or other electronic updates.
For information only: IMMAGE Pay as you use - this service was discontinued by EINS on 1 January 2009
The service provider was European Information Network Services (EINS). Please see the EINS web site www.eins.org.
Photocopy requests
All the above services are supported by an excellent photocopy/document delivery service.

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