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
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