Applied Mineralogy Online

Applied mineralogy is an interdisciplinary field that embrace the wide range of applications of mineralogy to the various areas of the mineral, metallurgy, chemical and materials industry as well as recycling and environmental assessment and monitoring. It involves characterizing a wide spread of different ores, concentrates, materials and residues, and interpreting the data in respect to the industrial processes, end uses and environmental regulations.

The aim of this web site is to provide basic information concerning “what is going on” in the applied mineralogy fields around the world, with particular focus to the International Council for Applied Mineralogy - ICAM and the International Mineralogical Association - Commission on Applied Mineralogy - IMA-CAM .

The huge task of providing up to date information will be only possible with the cooperation of all the individuals and organizations somehow dealing with applied mineralogy. If you have any comments or information that you think it would be of interest of the applied mineralogy community please contact us.  

Applied Mineralogy Online is a service sponsored by the Polytechnic School of University of Sao Paulo, Mining and Petroleum Engineering Department, which intended to provide a source of information to the worldwide applied mineralogy community. Access to all of the information on the Applied Mineralogy Online pages is free.