The Shechtman International Symposium on Sustainable Mining, Minerals, Metal and Materials Processing will be held in Cancun, Mexico from 28 June to 4 July 2014 in Fiesta Americana Condesa Cancun All Inclusive Resort. This symposium is in honor of life-time achievements of Prof. Dan Shechtman - 2011 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry and will equally cover the important pillars of sustainability: (1) science, technology and industrial practice (2) political and social framework and (3) education in the entire cycle of materials science from mineral processing to metals extraction and the development of new materials. It incorporates the following international symposiums:
· 1st International Symposium on Sustainable Mining Operations
· 1st International Symposium on Sustainable Mineral Processing
· 2nd International Symposium on Sustainable Non-ferrous Smelting in 21st Century
· 2nd International Symposium on Advanced Sustainable Iron and Steel Making
· 2nd International Symposium on Sustainable Materials Recycling Processes and Products
· 2nd International Symposium on Quasi-crystals, Metallic Alloys, Composites, Ceramics and Nano Materials
· 1st International Symposium on Sustainable Cement Production
· 3rd International Symposium on Environmental, Health, Policy, Legal, Management and Social Issues Related to Metals, Materials and Mineral Processing
· 1st International Symposium on Rare Earth and Platinum Group Metals: Managing and Processing
More information on the symposium can be found in the web site: http://www.flogen.org/conferences.php?spage=1
The Czech Society for New Materials and Technology is the co-sponsor of the symposium.
The event will follow the path of previous record breaking symposiums such as
· Fray International Symposium, Cancun November 2011;
· Sohn International Symposium, San Diego, California USA, 2006
· Yazawa International Symposium, San Diego, California, USA, 2003