The Institute of Technical Chemistry was established in 1985 on the basis of the Department of Chemistry of the Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics, Ural Center, USSR Academy of Sciences. Klyachkin Yury Stepanovich, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was the founder of the institute and the first director from 1985 to 2000.
Currently, the institute includes 7 laboratories.
In 2017, the Institute became part of Perm Federal Research Center UB RAS.
The Mining Institute was organized simultaneously with the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Perm Scientific Center in accordance with the decree of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 1088 of 26 September 1987 and the Resolution of the Presidium of the Ural Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR 2-7 of 1 February 1988 Aerology and Geophysics of the Institute of Geophysics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Kungur Stationary of the Institute of Geology and Geochemistry named after Academician A.N. Zavaritsky. Currently, the institute includes 14 scientific divisions. In 2017, the Institute became part of Perm Federal Research Center of UB RAS.