The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) is a UK engineering institution whose activities encompass the whole materials cycle, from exploration and extraction, through characterisation, processing, forming, finishing and application, to product recycling and land reuse. It 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 in the worldwide materials and mining community.
It is a registered charity governed by royal charter and in 2021 had a gross income of £3.86million. The institute is also a member of the UK Science Council.
In 2019 the institute celebrated 150 years since the establishment of the Iron and Steel Institute, a learned society that IOM3 now encompasses.
Structure
Having resided at Carlton House Terrace off Pall Mall in St James's in central London since 2002, the institute moved to 297 Euston Road on 30 June 2015. The organisation has its education, marketing and knowledge transfer office in Grantham, and its Membership office in Stoke on Trent.
Members of the institute come from a variety of backgrounds, from students to company chief executives. Members qualify for different grades of membership, ranging from Affiliate to Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), depending on academic qualifications and professional experience. IOM3 has an individual membership of over 18,000, and represents a combination of scientific, technical and human resources which links industry, government, research and the academic world.
Almost 60 UK 'local societies' are affiliated with the institute, covering a wide range of disciplines including ceramics, composites, mining, packaging, polymers and metallurgy, and organising events throughout the year.
Technical Communities
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. 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