This year’s programme has included papers devoted to both fundamental and practical aspects of geology, mining, metallurgy, technology and other related fields.Proceedings comprise 171 papers written by more than 400 participants coming from 15 countries, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Czech Republic, Croacia, France, Germany, Hungary, Libya, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, USA and Serbia.
Numerous papers presented by domestic authors represent the results of projects in the field of Fundamental Research and Development, which are financially supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia.
Organization of this Conference was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia, Mining and Metallurgy Institute Bor as co-organizers, RTB BOR group, Smelter and Refinery Bor, Copper Mines Bor, Copper Mines Majdanpek and Pometon TIR Bor as donors.
The final section is dedicated to the acknowledgements to all those who made this IOC possible and hopefully successful. Special thanks to plenary lecturers professor Vladimir Krstić, professor Vladislav Kecojević, professor Anđelka Mihajlov and professor George Kaptay and the Commitee is also thankful to all the authors and co-authors, session chairmen and guests as well.
In the frame of this year's Conference 5th Symposium on Thermodynamics and Phase Diagrams was organized - national symposium organized by Serbian Committee for Thermodynamics and Phase Diagrams and co-organized by Associated Committee for Phase Diagrams and Thermodynamics (Bulgaria, Bosnia and Hertzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia) and Technical Faculty in Bor.
We express our gratitude to all the sponsors and institutions that have supported IOC in various ways and without whose commitment the conference would not have been possible. A particular thanks goes to the enthusiastic support of the representatives from Technical Faculty in Bor, especially Prof. dr Milan Antonijević, Dean of the Technical Faculty in Bor and Prof. dr Dragana Živković, Vice Dean for Science of the Technical Faculty in Bor. A great appreciation goes to the Organizing Committee, whose hard work resulted in best solutions to many organisational aspects around the Conference (IOC).The Committee is also grateful to the Hotel Aquastar Management for professional service during the conference.
Moreover, genuine gratitude goes to all of the participants who succeeded in attending this year's Conference. Organizing Committee is looking forward to meeting you again next year at 44th International October Conference on Mining and Metallurgy – IOC 2012.
Thank you!
In the frame of this year's Conference, 