the institute was called "Heavy Industrial Research and Design Institute of Mineral Processing".

the institute expanded to a research complex with geology, mining, mineral processing, metallurgy, analysis, etc

the institute sent faculty to found Guilin Geology, Baotou Rare Earth, Ma'anshan Mining, Baiyin Mining & Metallurgy

the institute adopted "General Institute" into its name, with the administration of totally 8 institutes

the institute changed its name to "Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy" and began the transition froma public wealth institute to a self-financed R&D institute

BGRIMM became a large state technology corporation directly under SASAC

BGRIMM operates a network of one headquarter, 3 branches, 11 research dvisions, one engineering company, two public listed companies, 14 holding companies, and an office in Santiago Chile