Institute TOMS took part in the industry’s premier event of the year – the International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC 2026) held in Cape Town, South Africa
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This year Institute TOMS celebrated Metallurgist's Day on a one-day rafting trip in the lower reaches of the river Irkut.
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Institute TOMS took part in the International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC 2026) held in Cape Town, South Africa
Institute TOMS acted as one of the key sponsors of the congress, its specialists present a series of papers and poster presentations covering fields of comminution, mineral processing, and metallurgy including topics such as advanced processing technologies for iron concentrates, arsenic-fixing oxidative roasting of refractory gold ores, glycinate-cyanide leaching of high-copper gold ores, and scientific innovations for centrifugal separation.
This year, the congress was held under the theme "Empowering a future-fit mineral processing industry." The event brought together approximately 1,000 experts from around the world, who shared their expertise and delivered presentations across the following areas:
- Future Mining & Processing,
- Ore Body Characterization,
- Process Mineralogy,
- Grade Engineering,
- Sustainable Development of Mineral Resources,
- Circular Economy,
- Green Chemistry,
- Social Performance,
- Integrated Management for Water & Waste,
- Extractive Metallurgy,
- Comminution,
- Classification,
- Physical Separation,
- Flotation,
- Plant Design,
- Process Accounting, and
- Process Modelling & Control.
(Find more information about the Congress via the link: https://impc2026.com/technical-programme/technical-streams)
At the same time Institute TOMS participated in the exhibition which took place in parallel with the congress. Successful negotiations were held with mining and metallurgical specialists from African countries and from other regions of the world, as well as with representatives of leading companies supplying equipment, reagents, and engineering services. These discussions led to agreements on joint research projects at the TOMS’ facilities in Irkutsk focusing on the application of new technologies and developments.
Additionally, TOMS’ team visited a research laboratory in Cape Town, where they shared their experience in carrying out similar test works in Russia.
The congress and exhibition highlighted significant interest in projects currently underway in Russia, as well as in the potential for applying Russian expertise and technological developments within African countries. Institute TOMS certainly plans to continue representing Russia at international events dedicated to mining, mineral processing, and metallurgy.
