The Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers are accepting
applications for their 2012 Venture Prize. The Royal Society are also accepting nominations for a range of awards.
The global financial crisis is affecting supply and driving up prices,
claimed speakers at the fourth Living with Minerals conference in
London, UK. Michael Forrest finds out what is shaping UK policy.
The ability of small businesses to borrow money is a key to economic growth, particularly in manufacturing and engineering. Government plans are in place to increase lending to businesses, but it is being questioned whether greater credit availability is actually allowing companies to borrow more.
Professor Mike Reece, Professor of Functional Ceramics at Queen Mary University of London, UK and Chair of the IOM3 Functional Materials Committee, has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Applied Ceramics.
Winners of the IOM3 2011 Special and Publication Awards were presented with their medals and prizes at an Awards Lunch at the Institute's London office
Cambridge University has released a diagram that illustrates the
consumption of raw materials by people in the UK, using the number of people that could be sculpted from a
material to demonstrate how much we all use each year.
