page_title: Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining / Activities / Awards
caption_attribution_description: English: Bessemer Gold Medal, awarded 1904 to Sir Robert Hadfield
context_page_description: The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining 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 2017 had a gross income of £4.16million. 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.
context_section_description: The IOM3 grants several awards including:
  Fellowship: Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM)
  The Bessemer Gold Medal is an annual prize awarded by the Institute for "outstanding services to the steel industry". It was established and endowed by Sir Henry Bessemer in 1874. It was first awarded to Isaac Lowthian Bell in 1874.  The 2016 award was to Alan Cramb.
  The Silver Medal is awarded annually to an outstanding young scientist (under the age of 35) in recognition of an outstanding contribution to a field of interest. In addition the Institute has many other significant awards for Personal Achievement and Published Works covering materials, minerals and mining. In particular there are awards covering surface engineering, biomedical materials, ceramics, rubber and plastics, iron and steel and automotive areas. There are also awards covering education and local societies. Details can be accessed here.
caption: Bessemer medal awarded 1904 to Robert Hadfield
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