ABE looks at the development of the European Minerals Day initiative and plans for the 2009 event

Industrial minerals

This year's European Minerals Day promises to be even more successful than the inaugural event in 2007, reports Lisa Russell. Quarries across Europe will join forces next spring to tell people about their work and their role in promoting biodiversity through specially arranged events held across the region at the same time. Guided tours, equipment demonstrations and nature projects will be among the hundreds of activities organised as part of an international initiative, European Minerals Day (EMD), which actually takes place between 15 to 17 May 2009...