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Happy New Year to all of you, just to remind you of a forthcoming session at EGU on mineral deposits. Abstracts please welcome! Reminder!!! European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012 Vienna | Austria | 22 - 27 April 2012 Mineral Deposits Session: Elements critical to 21st century economies (co-sponsored by the Society of Exploration Geologists (SEG) and Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA)) 17 January 2012 Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts Convener: R. Herrington Co-Conveners: L. Fontbote , Y. Watanabe Recent publicity of China's control of the rare earth element market and the growing crisis of supply of metals essential for new technologies is a reminder of Europe's near-total dependence on imported metals. In this session we invite contributions from earth scientists in academia and industry on the current state of research on ore deposits and on the minerals industry, in Europe and on a global sale. Although the emphasis will be on "critical metals" such as the rare earths and platinum-group elements, as recently identified in an EU study, reports of research on other more conventional metals and their ore deposits are also welcome. Other contributions that focus on satisfying the demands of the emerging economies, the raw materials for sustainable energy development as well as those concerning resources that can be developed producing less waste, using less energy or water resources, are also welcome. To submit an abstract follow the link below: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2012/session/9139 Prof Richard Herrington Department of Mineralogy The Natural History Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD, UK tel: +44 (0)207 942 5528 email: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Geo-mineralisation is administered by the Mineral Deposits Studies Group (UK) (www.mdsg.or.uk)