The 2018 Conference of the South African Advanced Materials Initiative (CoSAAMI-2018):The Chairs of the Technical Committee are pleased to present the proceedings of the Conference of the South African Advanced Materials Initiative (CoSAAMI-2018). These proceedings are composed of a variety of contributions from researchers, engineering firms, consultants, nuclear industry associations, regulators and postgraduate students presented at the CoSAAMI-2018 conference held at the Riverside Sun Resort, Vanderbijlpark on the banks of the iconic Vaal River from the 23rd to 26th of October, 2018. The conference is an evolution of the Advanced Metals Initiative (AMI) series of conferences which offered a platform for researchers and students from the AMI networks, Light Metals Development Network (LMDN), Ferrous Metals Development Network (FMDN), Precious Metals Development Network (PMDN) and Nuclear Materials Development Network (NMDN) and researchers globally, to present their work on topics related to the themes of the conference. To guarantee quality, credibility and accuracy of scientific contents, all contributions submitted to CoSAAMI-2018 were peer-reviewed by a panel of capable referees in accordance with the IOP Peer Review Guidelines. As a result, out of the 93 manuscripts received, a total of 49 papers were accepted for publication. These conference proceedings and all the other scientific presentations related to the CoSAAMI-2018 must be attributed to the extraordinary efforts made by the conference’s panel of peer-reviewers, the senior reviewers, the tireless conference committees, and the tremendous dedication of the CoSAAMI-2018 Conference Chair, Dr Sagren Govender. The unwavering support of the CoSAAMI-2018 sponsors is duly appreciated. Chairs of the Technical Committee with to thank firstly, Tebogo Motsai, Noluntu Muchavi, and Khodani Ramabulana who dutifully edited and cautiously formatted the proceedings manuscript by manuscript and the support of the IOP Publishing team.The Foreword, the Table of Contents, the Steering and Organizing Committees, and the Technical are available in this PDF.Silethelwe Chikosha, PhDRonald Machaka, PhDEditors and CoSAAMI-2018 Technical Committee Chairs