INTRODUCTION

摘要

The International Council for Applied Mineralogy Congress(ICAM)is the most important regular gathering of applied mineralogists.The ICAM2013,to be held at Southwest University of Science and Technology (SWUST)in Mianyang,China,on07-10July,is our 11th meeting.It has been 32 years since the inaugural meeting in Johannesburg,South Africa in1981and this decenary event perhaps heralds a new era for Applied Mineralogy as we tackle a whole new set of challenges facing our world today.At our last