Commission on Applied Mineralogy

Strategy: IMA-CAM was initiated around 1979, after the creation of the International Council for Applied Mineralogy (ICAM). The aims of IMA-CAM are to co-ordinate or arrange conferences, symposia, seminars, or meetings devoted to applied mineralogy, to serve as a liaison body to other organizations active in the field, and to encourage interaction between applied mineralogists, particularly focusing on the areas of process mineralogy, applied mineralogy of ceramics, cements and glasses, development and application of advanced materials, environmental mineralogy and health, analytical techniques, mineral surfaces and nanoparticles.

Officers:

Chair: Maarten A.T.M. BROEKMANS, Geological Survey of Norway, Department of Mineral Characterization, N-7491 TRONDHEIM, Norway.

Vice-Chair: Emin CIFTCI, İTÜ Maden Fakültesi Jeoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü 34460 Maslak İstanbul, Turkey.

Secretary: Jan ELSEN, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E – bus 2411, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium.

IMA-CAM includes 4 sub-commissions:

(1) Mineralogy Applied to Building Materials; chairman: Martin Broekmans (see above).

(2) Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Materials ; chairwoman: Isabella MEMMI, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Università degli Studi di Sienna Via Laterna, 8 – 53100 Siena, Italy

(3) Advanced Ceramics and Glasses ; chairman: Hans-Joachim KLEEBE Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften Fachgebiet Geomaterialwissenschaft, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstr. 9, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany.

(4) Geometallurgy

(new chair to be nominated soon)