Russia ranks second in the world in terms of reserves of rare and rare earth metals, but their production accounts for only about 1%. The press service of the Far East Development Committee reported that ZSU is developing technologies for extracting lithium, indium, scandium, beryllium, niobium and other particularly valuable metals from waste from operating and mothballed mining and processing plants.
The territory of the Zabaikalsky Krai contains 87% of uranium, 42% of fluorspar, 36% of zirconium, 30% of molybdenum, 25% of copper from the amount of explored reserves of the country.
The Mining Academy of ZSU, created within the framework of the Priority 2030. Far East project, has become the leading regional center for training mining engineers for Zabaikalsky Krai, the Far Eastern Federal District and Eastern Siberia. The Academy is engaged in scientific substantiation, development and design of mining enterprises that extract and process minerals. As part of the Priority 2030. Far East project, modern laboratories for the study of rocks and metals are being created at the academy.