Research Establishment at Stoke Orchard, the NCB Mining Research and Development Establishment at Bretby, the British Coal Utilisation Research Association and the Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of Newcastle. The Institute regularly publishes articles in its online Transactions on topics ranging from mining engineering and industrial heritage, to materials science and industrial policy. Governance The Institute is governed by a Council - as dictated by the Royal Charter - comprising the President, two Vice Presidents, the Honorary Secretary, the Honorary Treasurer, the immediate fifteen Past Presidents, and members elected from the membership. The current Council is composed of professional mining engineers and coal miners from the North East collieries as well as representatives from the local geotechnical industry, academics from Durham University, industrial historians, and active exploration geologists. Other uses of the building In recent years the main hall of the Institute has also been used as a 100-capacity music venue, predominantly by local bands. The space has been described as "brilliantly atmospheric", and "an intimate setting for live music". The Mining Institute has also been used as a venue for Home Gathering Festival and is also available for conferences and weddings. The Institute building was closed for refurbishment but reopened in July 2021. Gallery Notable members William George Armstrong (1810–1900) Sir Lowthian Bell (1816–1904) Henry Bolckow (1806-1878) Edward Fenwick Boyd (1810–1889) Thomas Douglas (1829-1920) Matthias Dunn (1788-1869) George Elliot (1814–1893) Thomas Emerson Forster (1802–1875) Robert Galloway (1844–1908) George Clementson Greenwell (1821–1900) Thomas Young Hall (1802-1870) Henry Richard Hancock (1836–1919) Andrew Leslie (1818-1894) John Marley (1823–1891) George May (1839-1915) Charles Merz (1874-1940) Charles Mitchell (1820-1895) Charles Palmer (1822-1907) Charles Parsons (1854-1931) Sir Richard Redmayne (1865-1955) John Wigham Richardson (1837-1908) Addison Langhorne Steavenson (1836-1913) Robert Stephenson (1803–1859) Nicholas Wood (1795–1865) References Main sources Harding, J.T. A history of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers Mining Engineer 146 1986, 252–6 Harding, J.T. A short history of the Institution of Mining Engineers' North of England Branch and the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers Mining engineer 148 1988-9, 356-358 North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers Centenary brochure, 1852-1952. 1952 North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers The Mining Institute Renaissance - Anniversary Celebrations 1852–2002. 2002. Wood, Sir L. Address [for NEIMME Jubilee] Transactions - North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers 52 1902-03, 66-77; Transactions - Institution