Today at the Scientific Council of the Institute the listening to the scientific and organizational reports of laboratories and departments has begun. The meeting was opened by academician-secretary of Department of Chemical Sciences, director of the institute, academician Dilgam Tagiyev. He said that the reports of departments "Complex processing of mineral raw materials" and "inorganic functional materials" will be listened today. Further, there were presented the accounts of the leaders of eight laboratories from the above-mentioned departments for 2016 on completed research projects, obtained results, published papers. An extensive discussion was held around the reports. Academician Dilgam Tagiyev gave recommendations and suggestions on the accounts done and the reports on the work which will be done in the future. At the end  there was made a decision  to adopt the  reports.