In September 2020, Institute TOMS was given the latest accreditation certificates by Glencore Technology (Australia) for running UFG testing in a stirred mill – IsaMill M4.
In August 2020, Institute TOMS (Irkutsk) in partnership with Thrane Teknikk initiated testing of a fine screening technology using Derrick Stack Sizer 2SG 48-60R-1STK by Derrick Corporation.
On the 12th of May 2020, Institute TOMS received an official confirmation from JK Tech Pty that the testwork quality and the personnel competencies are in conformity with high international standards.
In June 2020, a new up-to-date laser particle size analyzer Malvern Mastersizer was installed and put into operation in Institute TOMS.
In March 2020, engineers of Institute Toms and Köppern met in Irkutsk to exchange about the challenges in iron ore concentrate re-grinding with HPGR and to perform a collaborative test work series on iron ore concentrate.
Reference list for testworks
Every year Institute TOMS has performed about 80-100 testwork projects.
| Ore type | Deposit |
| Gold ores | Aginskoye, Akbakai, Aksakal, Aksu, Aktas, Albazino, Alexandrovskoye, Ainskoye, Arakvaam, Archikoi, Ayatskoye, Badran,, Bamskoye, Baranievskoye, Bazovskoye, Belaya Gora, Berezitovoye, Beskempir, Bestobe, Blagodatnoye, Bogolyubovskoye, Bolshevik, Butarnoye, Chernaya Rechka, Chertovo Koryto, Gaiskoye, Gerfed, Gross, Gurbeiskoye, Dakvara, Danchenkovskoye, Delmachik, Dolinnoye, Drazhnoye, D-Rif, Duet, Duetskoye, Electricheskoye, Elina, Eravninskoye, Jerek, Jeruy, Julietta, Zapadnoye (Sukhoi Log), Zholymbet, Zolotoye, Zyryanovskoye, Itakinskoye, Karalveem, Karchaginskoye, Kariernoye, Kedrovskoye, Kekura, Khuzhirskoye, Klen, Klyuchi, Klyuchevskoye, Kochkovskoye, Kokkiya, Komarovskoye, Konduyak, Konevinskoye, Kopylovskoye, Krasivoye, Krasnoye, Kupol, Kuranakh, Kuryinskoye, Kuznetsovskoye, Kyuchus, Lyubavinskoye, Malyutka, Mayskoye, Meverud, Mnogovershinnoye, Morozkinskoye, Nadezhda, Nadezhdinskoye, Nainga, Nasedkino, Natalkinskoye, Nevskoye, Nerundinskoye, Nezhdaninskoye, Nikolaevskoye, Noni, Novofirsovskoye, Nyavlenga, Olympiadinskoye, Olympiiskoye, Osinovoye, Osma, Ozernovskoye, Panimba, Pavlik, Pervomayskoye, Petropavlovskoye, Pogromnoye, Polyana, Poputninskoye, Prasolovskoye, Pustynnoye, Raigorodok, RudKaralon, Ryabinovoye, Savkino, Samolazovskoye, Sayak-4, Seka, Sergievskoye, Shkolnoye, Shiraldzhin, Srednii Golgotai, Svetloye, Svyatogor, Suzdalskoye, Talginskoye, Tardan, Taseevskoye, Teutedjak, Troitskoye, Tyi-Uria, Uderei, Ugakhan, Unkurtash, Uriakh, Valunistoye, Vasilkovskoye, Verninskoye, Vesennee, Vetrenskoye, Viksha, Vladimirskoye, Vostochno-Semenovskoye, Yubileynoye, Yuzhno-Kirovskoye |
| Silver ores | Arykvaamskoye, Perevalnoye, Verticalnoye, Zhilnoye |
| Polymetallic ores | Armanisskoye, Bystrinskoye, Chaschinskoye, Ergozhu, Goltsovskoye, Jusinskoye, Kingashskoye, Kosmurun, Maleevskoye, Maykain, Novo-Shirokinskoye, Novo-Shemurskoye, Noyon-Tologoi, Ozernoye, Prlovi, Ridder-Sokolnoye, Rudnik, Shaimerden, Shalkiya, Volkovskoye, Vostochno-Semenovskoye, Ushkatyn, Zhairem |
| Copper and copper-moly ores | Abyz, Akbastau, Ak-Sug, Aktogay, Birgildinskoye, Boschekul, Bozymchak, Cheremshanskoye, Erdenet, Kalmakyr, Konyrat, Maukskoye, Mikheevskoye, Nurkazgan, Pasar, Peschanka, Podolskoye, Sayak, Shatyrkul, Tominskoye, Udokan, Volkhovskoye, Zhylandy, Zhomart, Zhezkazgnskoye, Yoshlik |
| Copper-nickel platinum and palladium contacting ores | Chernogorskoye, Medvezhy Ruchey, Norilsk-1,Talnakhskoye, Verkhne-Kingashskoye, Viksha |
| Molybdenum ores | Bugdainskoye, Orekitanskoye, Zharchikhinskoye |
| Platinum ores | Darvendale, Fedorova-Panskaya Tundra, Konder, Uorgalan |
| Lead ores | Alaygyr, Golevskoye |
| Niobium and tantalum ores | Tatarskoye |
| Tungsten ores | Aksoran, Dzhida |
| Tin ores | Churpunia (Deputatsky GOK), Dalolovo (Solnechnaya plant), Khinganolovo, Syrymbet |
| Iron ores | Bolbrown, Inguletskoye, Lebedinskoye, Kachrskoye, Kostomukshskoye, Korshunovskoye, Kovdorskoye, Mikhailovskoye, Olenegorskoye, Rudnogorskoye, Stoilenskoye, Taezhnoye |
| Potassium ores | Cock-John, Gremyachenskoye |
| Apatite-nephelinic ores | Khibinskoye, Oleniy Ruchey |
| Limestone | Gurievskoye |