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The creation of new porous permeable ceramic materials with a different microstructure and a controlled pore size from nano-to microsize that have properties markedly surpassing those of traditional materials used in industry, and organization of the production of various objects made from them will make it possible to obtain a considerable economic and ecological effect. Specific examples are provided for the use of objects made of porous permeable ceramics developed in ZAO NTTs Bakor in various branches of industry.The problem of doubling the internal gross product is closely connected with resolving problems of the ecology and economics of natural non-renewable energy resources. One of the main ways for resolving the problem may be, and should become, creation of new materials, organization of the production of various objects made from them and extensive use of these objects in various branches of industry instead of objects made from morally aging traditionally used materials [1].Over fifteen years the scientific and technical center Bakor has been occupied in developing and producing special forms of advanced ceramic and refractory materials. One of the priority areas in this activity is creation and production of porous permeable ceramic materials with pores controlled from nano-to microsizes for the manufacture of filtering elements used in filtration units of various types [2]. As the practice of using objects made of porous permeable materials has shown, this material in the present stage of development of the technology manifests itself in the most important branches of industry for the national economy.Filtering elements made from porous permeable ceramics in ZAO NTTs Bakor of find extensive use in the mining and metallurgical industry for filtering solutions of electrolytes and dewatering flotation concentrates before pyrometallurgy.More than ten years ago in the mining and metallurgical industry commenced extensive use for candle-shaped filtering units intended for filtering solutions of the electrolytes of copper, nickel, cobalt, in which on a industrial scale filtering elements made from porous permeable ceramic (Fig. 1) were used for the first time.Before this, filtering presses of the open type were used in order to filter electrolyte solutions. The consumption of filtering cloth (belting) reached 120 thousand m 2 /year, and the wood for making frames and plates reached 1800 m 3 . As the practice of using candle-shaped filtering units has shown, they are simple for servicing and they their specific productivity is greater by a factor of ten than for filter presses of the open type (Table 1).

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