The IMA-Europe Recognition Award has been created  in 2006 by the European Industrial Minerals Association to acknowledge external bodies for their exceptional contribution to the minerals industry. 

IMA-Europe 2010 Recognition Award - Award Ceremony on 9 November 2010 in Brussels. (More to be posted soon)

2006 IMA Award Winners - The first IMA Recognition Award went to WWF Austria and Forum Rohstoffe for their joint efforts to raise awareness about industrial minerals and the biodiversity on and around rehabilitated quarries. Since 1999, they carried out several successful educational projects amongst which a TV film of 50 min. ("Trails in the Sand") about the biodiversity to be found in a restored quarry. The Award Ceremony took place in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 7 September 2006. (press release).

2008 IMA Award Winners - The second IMA Recognition Award was presented to the Rheinland Regional Council (LVR) for their documentary films on minerals and the promotion thereof to a wide audience. The films give an excellent overview of minerals use throughout history till today, while showing the importance of mining activities to the region and its inhabitants. 
See also Overview IMA Award Winners.