The Department of Mineral and Waste Processing boasts very well equipped workshops and laboratories, as well as a pilot plant building.  A list of the equipment is shown on this page.

The Institute and its expert staff provide the following services:

Market and feasibility studies

• Market analyses on waste streams and recycling processes
• Feasibility studies for waste recovery processes
• Feasibility studies for raw material processing methods 

Process development

• Processing methods for primary resources, especially complex ores
• Processing methods for metal containing and mineral waste streams
• Processing methods for industrial wastewater from metal-producing and metal-processing operations
• Soil and tip remediation in the metals sector
• Mechanical activation in production processes 

Analysis

• Inorganic chemical analysis
• X-ray structure analysis (diffractometry)
• Particle size analysis (sieve analysis, laser diffraction)