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IMA-Europe joins the REP
New proposal for a public-private partnership by the European Process Industry -
With the objective to achieve a sustainable future for the European industry and economy, they propose a Research & Innovation Public-Private Partnership (PPP) called Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency (SPIRE), which aims at developing enabling strategies solutions along the value chain. IMA-Europe has joined the REP together with four European Technology Platforms (i.e. Steel, Sustainable Chemistry, Water and Sustainable Mineral Resource) and a number of process industry organisations representing metals, glass, paper, ceramics and engineering industries.
REACH registration deadline 2013 - ECHA launches awareness campaign. More information on http://www.echa.europa.eu/news and www.ima-reach-hub.eu for the minerals concerned.
NEPSI - The European Network on Silica
Nine NEPSI PIMEX Videos and “10 Golden Rules to suppress dust” are now all available online in 22 languages. These excellent tools are targeted at facilitating the implementation of good practices to reduce dust in general. The tools can be downloaded from: http://www.nepsi.eu/projects/10-golden-rules/introduction.aspx
Green Week 2011 - IMA-Europe explains Resource Efficiency from the Industrial Minerals perspective.Speech IMA-Europe to Commissioner Tajani on Raw Materials Strategy, 2 Dec 2010
IMA-Europe is an official partner of the new OSHA-EU Campaign on Safe Maintenance. See campaign website at http://hw.osha.europa.eu.
As support activities, a workshop dedicated to "Health and Safety in Maintenance in the Industrial Minerals Industry" will be organised in 2011 and, in the frame of the IMA dust monitoring programme, a special focus will put on improving exposure levels in the maintenance job function.
IMA Europe developed a unique standardised dust monitoring protocol, providing a valuable database of statistically valid exposure data. Read More
