In October 2025, Institute TOMS in cooperation with FINGRI company successfully commissioned a pilot vertical mill for fine grinding testworks.
Institute TOMS acted as a silver sponsor of the 21st MINEX Mining and Exploration Forum that took place in Moscow on 8-9 October, 2025.
Moscow International Mineral Processing Congress (MIMPC-2025) brought together leading specialists in the field of solid mineral processing, researchers, equipment and reagent manufacturers to share their experience, discuss issues and possible solutions.
Institute TOMS took part in the international scientific symposium Miner’s Week 2025 held by MISIS University, February 3–7. The specialists of Mining audit and consulting department delivered a report on advanced approaches to create geometallurgical block models and assess process variability of ores.
Institute TOMS was assessed and passed as consistent with the criteria of the national accreditation system.
Mineralogy
Mineralogical services provided by Institute TOMS include preparation of samples for petrographic,
chemical, and mineral composition of different types of ores, detailed description and chemical
composition of ore minerals and precious metals. Conventional and cutting-edge mineralogical
research methods are used along with the latest equipment.
- Preparation of transparent, polished and potted specimens
- Particle size distribution of material with elemental distribution between size fractions
- Petrographical composition of rocks
- Chemical composition of material and phase analysis valuable metals
- Mineralogical analysis with determination of quantitative mineral composition of ores
- Determination of sulphidity and oxidation level of ores
- Mineral composition of ore and processing products with the use of a polarization microscope and a stereomicroscope
- Image analysis of ore minerals using an analyzer Mineral С7
- Gold and silver phase analysis
- Process and mineralogical characteristics of precious (Au, Ag, Pt, Pd) and other base (Cu, Zn, Pb) metals on an automated mineralogical quantitative analysis system Qemscan incorporating an electron scanning microscope Quanta FEG-650F, X-ray detectors Bruker, and software package iDiscover
