Dear colleagues.

Please find below the preliminary schedule for the 2009 joint Mineral Deposit Studies Group / Applied Mineralogy Group meeting to be held at Camborne School of Mines. We will be looking forward to welcome you all in Cornwall. Please make a note of the key dates in your diaries. We expect to publish further details to this list in August-September. 

Best wishes, Jens Andersen

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Mineral Deposits Studies Group / Applied Mineralogy Group

                 8-9 January 2009

             Camborne School of Mines
               University of Exeter
     Tremough Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ
              http://www.ex.ac.uk/csm
Convenors: Jens Andersen, Frances Wall and Ben Williamson


1. Dates

Fri 31/10/2008          Abstract submission

Tue 06/01 - Wed 07/01   Workshop: Ore to product
Wed 07/01               Registration and ice breaker
Thu 08/01 - Fri 09/01   Conference
Thu 08/01               Conference dinner
Fri 09/01               MDSG annual general meeting
Sat 10/01               Field excursion


2. Themes

Mineralogy and mineral processing
Granite-related mineralization 
Research in progress


3. Workshop

Ore to Product: An exploration of the links between mineralogy, petrology and mineral processing technology


4. Venue

The meeting will be hosted at the Combined Universities in Cornwall campus at Tremough, Penryn (http://www.ex.ac.uk/csm). The campus was built in two phases in 2003-4 and 2007 (with a further planned expansion in 2009-10) to host the joint facilities of the University of Exeter and University College Falmouth. Tours of Camborne School of Mines research facilities will be arranged.


5. Accommodation

Best Western Falmouth Beach Resort Hotel, Gyllyngvase Beach, Seafront, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 4NA
http://www.bw-falmouthbeachhotel.co.uk/Default.asp
Booked with registration (expected rate £25 per person per night). Shuttle bus arranged to venue

Alternative budget accommodation: Falmouth Lodge Backpackers, 9 Gyllingvase Terrace, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 4DL
http://www.falmouthbackpackers.co.uk/
Must be booked independently of meeting


6. Transport links

Road links to Cornwall are excellent. The A30 is now almost entirely dual carriageway and the A39 links the A30 to Penryn and Falmouth. The journey time is 2.5-3 hours from Bristol, 4.5 hours from London. http://www.ex.ac.uk/cornwall/about_the_campus/maps_getting_here.shtml

Trains run from London Paddington to Truro, with a branch line completing the journey to Penryn or Falmouth, within walking distance of the hotel or campus. Journey time is about 5.5 hours. There is an overnight sleeper service between Truro and London Paddington. Services from other parts of the UK are available via Bristol. http://www.thetrainline.com

Newquay airport is expanding rapidly. This season there are winter flights from London Gatwick, London Stansted, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, Chambery, Dusseldorf and Geneva. It is about 30 miles from Newquay airport to Penryn and a minibus/coach pickup can be arranged to meet the flights at popular arrival times. Car hire is available at the airport. http://www.newquaycornwallairport.com

Bristol Airport is three hours by road from Penryn and has scheduled flights to Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France (multiple), Germany (multiple), Netherlands, Hungary, Latvia, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland.

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Jens C. Andersen
Senior lecturer
Camborne School of Mines
School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources
University of Exeter
Cornwall Campus
Tremough
Penryn
TR10 9EZ
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 1326 371836
Fax. +44 1326 371859

http://www.exeter.ac.uk/csm

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