(Topics include but are not limited to)
Topic 1: Mining Engineering
mineral engineering
mineral resources
Security Technology and Engineering
Geological resources
Geological work
Energy minerals
Geological engineering
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
Soil behavior
Geomechanics
Mining geotechnical technology
Geosynthetic materials
Earthquake engineering
Water supply and drainage engineering
Disaster prevention and reduction
water conservancy project
Endogenous mineral deposits
Exogenous mineral deposits
Carbon industry
Oil and natural gas industry
Nuclear industry
steel industry
Nonferrous metal industry
Gold industry
chemical industry
Building materials industry
light industry
Superimposed ore deposit
Tunnels, highways, and bridges
petroleum
natural gas
Non metallic mineral resources
Metal minerals
Uranium resources
Topic 2: Metallurgy
gold smelting 
Nonferrous metallurgy
Pyrometallurgy
Ore processing and smelting
Hydrometallurgy
Electrometallurgy
smelt
Metallurgical Engineering
Metal
Metal compounds
Rare metal metallurgical industry
Powder metallurgy industry
iron making production
steel making production
Steel rolling production
geological prospecting
Topic 3: Metal Materials
ferrous metal
Nonferrous metals
Special metal materials
New chemical materials
New non-metallic materials
Metal material properties
steel
carbon steel
low alloy steel
Alloy steel
Mechanical performance
Chemical properties
physical property 
Process performance
Metal experiments and theoretical research
Metal smelting, preparation and processing, protection
Special metal functional materials
High end metal structural materials
High performance metal matrix composite materials
Frontier metal new materials
New high-strength, long-life, microalloyed, and low-cost metal materials
Metal material testing technology and methods
Advanced solidification and controlled forming technology
Analysis of Application Fields of New Biomedical Metal Materials
Analysis of Mechanical Behavior of Metal Materials
Application and Preparation Technology of Metal Porous Materials
Surface and interface of metal materials
Refractory metals, hard alloys, precious metals
Microstructure and properties of metal structural materials
Metal laser additive manufacturing
Deformation and Phase Transformation of Metal Materials
pig iron
Steel ingots
billet
Profile
wire rod
Metalware
Nonferrous metals