The institute's team of experienced specialists successfully solves current and strategic challenges facing potash and salt industries. The developed and realized scientific-technical and design solutions facilitate a stable operation of plants and mines, issue of competitive products, provide quality scientific-technical service for mining and chemical and salt plants.

Mining and geological research section of VNII Galurgii JSC consists of 8 research laboratories in Perm and Saint Petersburg.

Technological research section consists of 4 research laboratories, two sectors and a semiplant situated in Saint Petersburg and Berezniki.

MINING AND GEOLOGICAL DIRECTION

• • geology and mineralogy of potash and potash-magnesium deposits;
  • hydrogeology and hydrology of mineral deposits;
  • water environment protection;
  • construction and safe operation of potash mine shafts;
  • ground penetrating radar, seismic survey, electric survey (including electrical tomography) of potash deposits, salt tailings piles;
  • mining process;
  • geotechnology (underground leaching);
  • process of storage and disposal of potash production waste;
  • process of backfill operations and materials;
  • development of efficient methods for mine decontamination and ventilation, decrease of air-flow resistance of workings;
  • geomechanical monitoring of the process of ground surface movement;
  • geomechanical initial data for projects of mining of potash and salt mine reserves;
  • diagnostics of state of buildings and structures using nondestructive testing methods (ultrasound tomography and ground penetrating radar);

• definition of physical and mechanical properties of rocks.

CHEMICAL-ENGINEERING DIRECTION

• ore dressing before flotation and halurgic processing of potash-magnesium ores;
• process and equipment of halurgic production of fertilizers and salts;
• process and equipment of flotation of water-soluble mineral resources;
• physical-chemical relationships of flotation separation of minerals;
• intensification of thickening and dewatering processes of ore processing products;
• technology of processing of hydromineral raw materials;
• drying and granulation of potash chloride;
• automation and process control;
• standardization of potash and salt products;
• research of physical and mechanical properties of fertilizers and development of technology for elimination of flaking and caking of fertilizers;

Director of technological research section in Saint Petersburg, phone: +7 812 376-9410