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Presentation of the
Mining and Metallurgy Institute Bor
Dr. Ana Kostov
Focusing Meeting, 23th October 2015, Bor, Serbia
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Profile of Mining and Metallurgy Institute Bor
 The Institute was founded in 1962 as a unique research organization
called the Copper Institute Bor within the Mining and Smelting
Complex Bor (RTB Bor) with the objective to gather the most
competent personnel from RTB Bor and perform more efficient and
reliable development, scientific and experimental research
activities.
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The Institute at the beginning
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 The Institute has strong support in the provision of infrastructure
and personnel requirements, achieved its role in solving the
complex problems of development of the economy and justify its
purpose the development of RTB Bor to the world-famous
producers of copper.
 Appropriate to the needs of society at a given time, the Institute
in 2007, stands out as an independent scientific research
institution owned by the state, changing its name to the Mining
and Metallurgy Institute Bor and turns to his own development and
market orientation.
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Mining and Metallurgy Institute Bor - Today
 Today, the Institute possesses more than 11,500 m2 of business
area, out of which 65% are laboratories, pilot plants and
workshops, 25% are construction and designing departments and
10% are accessory objects.
 All laboratories are equipped with the most up-to date devices for
the various research, production, measuring and regulation
activities.
 In total 203 employees:
 14 Ph.D., 12 M.Sc., 77 Bachelor’s and
Master’s degree
 and 90 technicians.
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The Institute today
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Basic Activities of MMI:
Scientific, research and development works
Designing, Engineering and Consulting Works
Experimental and Specialized Production
Quality and quantity analyses of solid, liquid and gas samples,
living and working environment
 Testing of materials, equipment and devices
 Profitable business cooperation by providing the research and
design services and joint engagement in consortiums and jointstock corporations for realization the contracted projects on
domestic and foreign markets.
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Over its fifty years of existing and scientifically-research work, the
Institute:
Insists on responsible tasks of scientific, research and design, the
development and transfer of its own technology, the expansion of research
capacity, education and training of staff, constant supply of new and
modern equipment, licensed software design, and so on.
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The Institute is known for its projects, which are funded by the industry
and relevant government institutions at national and international projects
which are highly valued technical development solutions and patents.
Continually cooperate with industry and fosters international cooperation.
Possess accreditation Certificates of Lloyd Register Quality Assurance
and SGS Société Générale de Surveillance for follow standards:
ISO 9001/2008,
BS EN ISO 14001/2004,
OHSAS 18001/2007
as well as Accredited chemical and mineralogical laboratories for
standards: ATS 01-308, SRPS ISO/IEC 17025:2006 for the testing
laboratories for more than 180 test methods.
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Test methods are in the fields of: physical and chemical testing of the
environment (water, air and waste), testing of coal and coke, minerals,
electrical testing, non-destructive testing (ropes), geotechnical testing of
soil, rock, as well as sampling of air, coal, metallic and non-metallic
materials.
Tests in the field of mining and metallurgy, for metals and alloys of
copper, gold, silver, palladium and other precious and non-ferrous metals
and alloys.
Accreditation Certificate for Scientific and Development work
Approvals by Decisions for:
Emission monitoring
Imission monitoring
Waste categorization
Approvals by Decision for Control of Industrial and Waste Water
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The Institute’s references:
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500 scientific research and development projects, whose results are the
technical solutions, patents, monographs, published works, etc.,
150 prototype technology solutions and construction documentation for
development of technologies, processes, plants, equipment, apparatus,
devices and parts (equipment, facilities and systems for checking, control
and automatization of processes),
2,000 projects of investment-technical documentation and information
systems, engineering projects in the country and abroad,
30 application software,
50 applied industrial technologies, processes and procedures,
30 constructed mines, flotation plants, metallurgical and chemicaltechnological plants, transport systems, water treatment plants,
laboratories and other facilities and supporting infrastructure,
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The Institute’s references:
100 new materials, copper based products, other nonferrous metals and
their alloys and high valuable materials and products based on precious
metals,
40 products - equipment, measuring- regulating and control equipment,
devices and systems for control and management, parts of equipment and
facilities for laboratories, scientific research and industrial use,
20 products - devices for data transfer, special-purpose computer
networks, communication apparatus and devices.
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The latest references within IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Projects with
Romania and Bulgaria:
Romania-Serbia IPA Cross-Border Programme: "Cross-border Network for
Advanced Training and Research in Environmental Protection (ROS-NET)",
08.02.2011.-07.08.2012.
Bulgaria-Serbia IPA Cross-Border Programme: "Creation of a Database of
Pollutants from Industrial Waste in a Transboundary Aspect and a Logical
Framework for Problem Solving (IWADATA)", 04.10.2011.-03.10.2012.
Bulgaria-Serbia IPA Cross-Border Programme: "Selenium as an Essential Natural
Microelement for the Human Health Protection (SENMHP)", 12.11.2011.-11.11.2012.
Romania-Republic of Serbia IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Programme:
"Promoting new ecologic filler alloys for soldering, based on the non-ferrous ore of
the Romanian-Serbian cross border area (ECOSOLDER)", 15.06.2013.-14.12.2014.
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Publish papers in journals of international and national importance, and
present them at national and international conferences.
Publish monographs, books and three journals of which one has been
the SCI Expanded list.
Organizes the traditional International October Conference on Mining
and Metallurgy.
The Institute is associate member of the Engineering Academy of Serbia.
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 Throughout the whole period of development, the Institute
permanently strengthening in staff, equipments, space and
expending its business.
 Today it is a research organization that is fully qualified to deal
with the most complete complex researching and engineering in
the industry of non-ferrous metals, raw materials and related
products, from exploration to full exploitation, processing and
finalization of products for industrial and consumer products, with
the introduction modern control systems, monitoring, control,
automation and complete information system, from the lowest to
the highest level.
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Thank you for your intention!
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