Institute of Comprehensive Exploitation of Mineral Resources of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia:

V. A. Chanturiya, Counselor of Russian Academy of Sciences, Chief Researcher

National University of Science and Technology “MISiS”, Moscow, Russia:
V. A. Ignatkina, Professor of the Chair of Concentration of Ores of Non-Ferrous and Rare Metals, e-mail: woda@mail.ru

International meeting “Innovation processes of complex and deep processing of minerals” (Plaksin Readings – 2013) was held in Tomsk on September 16–19, 2013. Innovation technologies and processes of concentration of natural and anthropogenic raw materials were discussed during this meeting. A brief review of reports is given in this article.