The 54th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals (FGIM) annual meeting is being hosted by the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin and co-sponsored by the Texas section of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME). The conference will be held April 16–20, 2017. Events include presentations, excursions following half-day technical sessions, mixers, and 2 separate full-day field trips.

Technical Sessions include:

Advancements in industrial mineral technology
Geology of Industrial minerals
Transportation, regulation and logistics of industrial minerals
Mining and processing of industrial minerals

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