西北矿冶研究院始建于1972年7月,前身为北京矿冶研究院西北分院,原属冶金工业部、中国有色金属工业总公司直属重点科研院所之一,是西北地区唯一的综合性矿冶研究院。1999年,根据国务院批准的国家经贸委管理的10个国家局所属242个科研院所的改革方案,转制为科技型企业 Northwest Institute of Mining and Metallurgy was founded in July 1972, formerly known as Beijing Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Northwest Branch, formerly the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, China Nonferrous Metals Industry Corporation under the key scientific research institutes directly under the Northwest is the only comprehensive Mining and Metallurgical Research Institute. In 1999, in accordance with the reform plan of 242 scientific research institutes under the management of 10 State Bureas under the State Council’s approval by the State Economic and Trade Commission, the program was transformed into a technology-based enterprise