The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining

The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) is a UK engineering institution that exists to promote and develop all aspects of materials science and engineering, geology, mining and associated technologies, mineral and petroleum engineering and extraction metallurgy, as a leading authority worldwide in materials and mining. Activities encompass the whole materials cycle, from exploration and extraction, through to characterisation, processing, forming, finishing and application, and on to product recycling and land reuse.

It is a registered charity governed by royal charter, with almost 60 local affiliated societies covering a wide range of disciplines from ceramics, to composites, mining to packaging, polymers to metallurgy, and is a member of the UK Science Council. In 2019 celebrated 150 years since the establishment of the Iron and Steel Institute, a society that is encompassed within IOM3. Members of the institute come from a variety of backgrounds, from students to company chief executives, membership has different grades from Affiliate to Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), depending on qualifications and professional experience. Individual memberships number over 18,000, across scientific, technical and human resources linkiing to industry, government, research and academia.

Technical community groups

Since April 2022 IOM3 has 22 Technical Community groups representing the breadth of disciplines covered and the materials cycle. These groups previously known as Divisions are now termed as the "IOM3 XXXXX Group" with a common identity and branding/logo. For more infrmation visit links below.

• IOM3 Adhesion and Adhesives Group (formerly the Society of Adhesion and Adhesives, SAA) https://www.iom3.org/group/adhesion-adhesives-group.html
• IOM3 Applied Earth Science Group - https://www.iom3.org/group/applied-earth-science-group.html
• IOM3 Biomedical Applications Group - https://www.iom3.org/group/biomedical-applications-group.html
• IOM3 Ceramics Group ( formerly the Institute of Ceramics until 1993 and Ceramics Society) https://www.iom3.org/group/ceramics-group.html
• IOM3 Composites Group (formerly the British Composites Society, BCS) https://www.iom3.org/group/composites-group.html
• IOM3 Construction Materials Group - https://www.iom3.org/group/construction-materials-group.html
• IOM3 Defence, Safety and Security Group https://www.iom3.org/group/defence-safety-security-group.html
• IOM3 Elastomer Group (formerly the Rubber in Engineering Group, RIEG) https://www.iom3.org/group/elastomer-group.html
• IOM3 Energy Materials Group https://www.iom3.org/group/energy-materials-group.html
• IOM3 Energy Transition Group https://www.iom3.org/group/energy-transition-group.html
• IOM3 Iron & Steel Group https://www.iom3.org/group/iron-steel-group.html
• IOM3 Materials Characterisation and Properties Group https://www.iom3.org/group/materials-characterisation-properties-group.html
• IOM3 Materials Processing and Manufacturing Group https://www.iom3.org/group/materials-processing-manufacturing-group.html
• IOM3 Minerals Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Group https://www.iom3.org/group/mineral-processing-extractive-metallurgy-group.html
• IOM3 Mining Technology Group https://www.iom3.org/group/mining-technology-group.html
• IOM3 Natural Materials Group https://www.iom3.org/group/natural-materials-group.html
• IOM3 Non-ferrous and Light Metals Group https://www.iom3.org/group/non-ferrous-light-metals-group.html
• IOM3 Packaging Group (formerly the Institute of Packaging, up to 2005 and the Packaging Society) https://www.iom3.org/group/packaging-group.html
• IOM3 Polymer Group https://www.iom3.org/group/polymer-group.html
• IOM3 Surface Technologies Group – includes the Corrosion subgroup, and the former Institute of Vitreous Enamelling, IVE https://www.iom3.org/group/surface-technologies-group.html
• IOM3 Sustainable Development Group, includes the Resources Strategy Group, RSG https://www.iom3.org/group/sustainable-development-group.html
• IOM3 Wood Technology Group https://www.iom3.org/group/wood-technology-group.html

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