Competency Center for Raw Materials Processing Surowce

Competency Center for Raw Materials Processing within Institute of Non-ferrous Metals is carries out  research and development activities in the fields of minerals processing, extractive metallurgy  (pyro- and hydrometallurgy), environment protection and analytical chemistry.

The center presents a wide offer of research and technological services in the area of:

• examinations of physicochemical and mineralogical properties of non-ferrous ores and concentrates, coal, waste and secondary materials
• development of technology for enrichment of ores and minerals as well as waste and secondary materials
• development of new and upgrading of existing processing machines and devices
• methods of charge preparation for metallurgical processes by briquetting, granulating, sintering and roasting
• pyrometallurgical processes of metals production from concentrates, scrap and waste as well as fire refining of metals
• examination of physicochemical properties of substrates and products of extractive metallurgy processes (viscosity, melting point, thermograms in the air and in the controlled atmosphere)
• development of electrowinning and electrorefining processes
• new hydrometallurgical technologies for base and by-product metals production
• new technologies for obtaining and refining of precious metals
• wastes valorisation and industrial effluents purification,
• development of technologies for industrial emissions limitation
• development and validation of analytical methods
• CRMs of metals and their alloys designing and production.

The Center possesses strong research and technology facility in 5 IMN research and development departments:

• Department of Hydrometallurgy
• Department of Metallurgy
• Department of Analytical Chemistry
• Department of Environmental Protection
• Department of Minerals Treatment and Waste Utilisation

Team of specialists-researchers and modern equipment, including pilot installations,  in the above-mentioned IMN units creates strong research and development competences, which determine potential of the Center.