Originally published by the former Institute of Materials, now the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining This proceedings volume, which includes most of the 33 papers and 35 posters presented at the conference, provides a landmark of the state of the development of magnesium and its alloys. A range of papers reports on the application of magnesium alloys in both the aerospace and automobile industries, the research and development into composite and non-equilibrium alloys, and lightweight magnesium-lithium alloys.