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 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.
Representatives from mining associations from Canada, the USA, Australia and South Africa, along with IOM3 as the UK’s organisation, came together at the Institute’s London office on 1 November.
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
The International Committee on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has launched
three publications in conjunction with the climate change program at the
17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Durban, South Africa.
Cuadrilla Resources, Britain’s first shale gas exploration license
holder, claims a 500 square mile area around Blackpool, Preston and
Southport contains enough methane to meet national gas demand for at
least 50 years.
