The role of the RMS technological mineralogy commission in improving the completeness and integrity of mineral raw utilization

On April 12, 2024, the 16th Russian Seminar on Technological Mineralogy with a thematic program was held at the Institute of Geology, Komi SC UB RAS. A plenary report "Role of the RMS Technological Mineralogy Commission in improving the completeness and comprehensiveness of mineral raw material utilization" was presented, in which V. V. Shchiptsov with co-authors O. B. Kotova, E. G. Ozhogina, presented their analysis of the scientific, organizational and practical activities of the Technological Mineralogy Commission of the Russian Mineralogical Society from the moment of its creation by the decision of the 6th All-Union Congress of the Mineralogical Society in December 1982 to the present day. The role of the Commission in conducting geological, mineralogical and technological research related to the technological assessment of mineral raw materials and the promotion of technological mineralogy as an important independent scientific direction of the Earth Sciences at various scientific sites and publications is shown.