Founded in 1974 by Lascăr Pană, men's handball section was the first one of the sports society and over the years won three Romanian Leagues, was ranked second on seven occasions and was on the podium in no less than 17 times.

[2] The women's handball section is part of Minaur only since 2015, year when the club was re-founded after its bankruptcy.

The women's handball section was in fact founded on the basis of HCM Baia Mare, club that also went bankrupt in 2016.

The football section of Minaur is the newest one, added in the sports society organizational chart only in 2017.

In recent years, the football club went bankrupt on two occasions, so after the last one, it went under the umbrella of Minaur.