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Helping construction ensure the efficient use of alternative raw materials

• Do you use mineral by-products within your products?

• Are you thinking about using mineral by-product in your products?

• Are you looking for greater flexibility in the raw materials that you use ?

If you answer " yes " to any of these questions, then this stakeholder event will be of interest to you.

All resources whatever their source, need to be characterised and understood to ensure that they possess the right properties for their intended end use.
The objective of this project (funded by DEFRA), is to assess what type of key information is needed about alternative materials for use in construction products from both the supplier's and user's point of view. It is also assessing at what stage in this exchange process such data needs to be available.

The characterisation framework being developed under the project will assist industries to determine the suitability for a potential partnership where a waste source is available and a potential outlet has been identified. It will interest manufacturers of building materials who wish to broaden the feedstock materials they use to meet legislative or customer requirements for recycled content.

Derren Cresswell - Project Manager

For further information, please see the Invitation Flyer.

A free, half day event on the 27th March at BGS, Keyworth, to disseminate findings from the "Safeguarding Aggregates and the Environment (Mineral Consultation Areas)" project, which is funded by the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund. For further information, please see the Information Flyer.

Designing out Waste, Gaining the Advantage
The Resource Efficiency Knowledge Transfer Network is pleased to announce its first annual conference to be held at the Royal Berkshire Conference Centre, Reading on the 15th and 16th February 2007.
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A MIST project conference
'Geodiversity, Geoconservation and GeoValue' is to be held in the De La Beche Lecture Theatre at the British Geological Survey on Wednesday 24th January 2007. For further details on the conference and registration please see the attached programme.

International Mining and Metals industries Research Advisory Panel (IMMRAP)

MIRO is pleased to announce the agenda for the second International Metals and Mining Research Advisory Panel (IMMRAP) Workshop which will be held at the Hotel Silken Berlaymont in Brussels on 21 November.

The second IMMRAP workshop will build on the ideas and issues raised at the inaugural meeting which was attended by delegates from industry and academia. In order to communicate with the minerals industry on a truly European level MIRO has sought to locate this meeting in the heart of the EU.

A number of diverse invited presentations will be made in the morning session. The day will also include a review of the on-going European Technology Platform for Sustainable Mineral Resources (ETP-SMR) in which MIRO is playing a supporting role.

The afternoon session will be dedicated to round-table discussions of topics of significance to the sector with the specific aim of identifying areas where collaborative research opportunities are required.

Information Flyer

Registration

Registration is free to MIRO Members. Non-members wishing to attend are required to pay a fee of £100 per delegate to cover administration costs. Numbers are limited so please respond as soon as possible to reserve your place. If you wish to attend the workshop please fill out the attached registration form and return this Gemma Stead (contact details provided on the flyer). Payment in Euros is also available.

Sponsorship

Opportunities are also available for companies to sponsor the event, sponsorship of the event gives companies an ideal opportunity to advertise their brand to other industry and like minded delegates. Sponsorship opportunities include;

Gold Sponsorship - £1000, Prominent use of your company logo on all literature and communications. Also includes prominent advertising space at the venue. (Members 10% discount)

Silver Sponsorship - £500, Use of Company Logo on all literature and communications. Also includes advertising space at the venue (may be limited). (Members 10% discount)

If you require any further information regarding either registration for the event or sponsorship opportunities, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best regards  MIRO

21st - 23rd Jun 05 

Hillhead 2005 - Buxton

Miro will be attending and exhibiting on Stand P82 in the pavilion at Hillhead 2005.

Established since 1982, the show is the UK’s major construction event and is the biggest working quarry show anywhere in the world. The showground area comprises around 105,000m2 of outdoor display area, 35,000m2 of demonstration area and 3,500m2 of pavilion space for indoor stands.

In 2003 a record 446 exhibitors took part showing plant, equipment, materials and services from all sections of the minerals and construction industries – quarrying, recycling, concrete, asphalt, road surfacing, civil engineering, plant hire, demolition, landfill, mining and materials handling.

For more information regarding Hillhead 2005 please visit www.hillhead.com