The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining

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The global network advancing materials, minerals and mining through innovation and excellence for an inclusive, sustainable and circular future. Many disciplines One community Shaping the future #WeAreIOM3

We're celebrating International Women in Engineering Day on 23 June.

IOM3 Pride, supporting pride month June 2026.

Social post on Celebrating Volunteers' Week. Text says, 'A huge thank you to our dedicated volunteers and supporters, 1-7 June 2026'.

L-R: sitting: Dr Victoria Hall, Nic Lawley, Jamie Chestnutt, Dr Colin Church and Tom Shelston.

Asset for World Corrosion Awareness Day 24 April 2026.

Asset for International Girls in ICT Day 2026, celebrated by IOM3 with the tagline, 'Girls shaping the digital future'.

Director of Membership Paul Skerry and SEC Vice Chair Hannah Hilton Tapp with a visitor at the IOM3 stand at Henry Royce National PhD Conference.

Sustainable Future Awards 2026 open for entries, deadline on 15 May 2026.

IOM3 celebrates International Day of Ceramics on 12 March 2026.

Asset for British Science Week, being celebrated between 6-15 March 2026, on a green IOM3 branded background. Text says: a ten-day celebration of science, tech, engineering and maths.

2026 IOM3 Awards & Prizes now open asset with images of medals and the deadline for nominations date 28 February 2026, 23:59 GMT. Awards & prizes are free to enter.

IOM3 Investigates Mythbusting Chartership asset on teal blue background and magnifying glass.

IOM3 announces refreshed mission and vision statements. This GIF showcases design slides with the written revised statements:The refreshed vision reads: Advancing materials, minerals and mining through innovation and excellence for an inclusive and sustainable future. The updated mission states: As the leading professional body representing the global materials, minerals and mining community, we champion excellence and innovation to drive responsible and efficient use of the planet’s resources. Acting as an inclusive and collaborative network, we advance science, engineering and technology across the entire materials cycle. In doing so, we promote sustainable solutions that create real value for our members, educators, researchers, producers, users and society at large.

$GIF asset for the birthday of Constance Tipper with text: Constance Tipper (née Elam) was born on 16 February in 1894. She was one of the first women to take the natural sciences tripos at the University of Cambridge, UK and went on to devise the Tipper test – which she is best remembered for – as a means of ascertaining the brittleness of steel under cold temperatures. She had a varied career in the natural sciences. From 1928, Constance conducted research in the Engineering Department at Cambridge, though she had no official post within the university. During WWII, she lectured in the department and oversaw important heat treatment contracts for the war effort. Her most outstanding contributions from 1943 onwards were in relation to the deformation and fracture of iron and steel, investigating the failures occurring in all-welded ships, the so-called Liberty cargo ships. During this work, she developed an edge-notched tensile test (the Tipper test) as a research tool and test for m$