In July, specialists from Institute TOMS participated in the conference "Heap Leaching in Cold Climates" held in Khabarovsk.
On June 21st, almost half of the periodic table elements ran through the picturesque streets of Irkutsk during the Servico Marathon. They are Valuable Components – a running team of Institute TOMS.
Members of Institute TOMS' Mining and Geological Audit and Consulting Department gained high professional recognition and received prestigious awards
Institute TOMS in collaboration with LITS company successfully commissioned a wet high intensity magnetic separator (WHIMS). After our specialists сompleted the training, TOMS laboratory was accredited to run test works using this equipment.
In December 2025, the team of specialists who developed and implemented the innovative process was awarded the Russian Federation Government Prize in Science and Technology
Process design criteria
Institute TOMS has been involved in development of process design criteria documents for more than 25 years. The document is a basis for design works and comprises a process flowsheet, conditions and parameters, equipment, layouts, balances developed considering such input data as:
- ore description;
- metallurgical balance;
- material balance;
- monitoring and sampling;
- energy supply;
- environment;
- comminution;
- processing;
- metallurgy;
- reagents;
- tailings;
- water cycle; and
- drainage.
Process design criteria are used for development of mining feasibility study and at every stage of design works (scoping study, FS, basic design and detailed documentation) as a primary written document for design engineers and as a guidance for future work.
Institute TOMS develops process design criteria for design of processing and metallurgical plants targeted at recovery of gold, silver, copper, iron, carbon, tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, niobium, zinc, lead, and other valuables. The worked out processes have been successfully implemented in mining industry.
