Become a pro with the CASE-IN and ALROSA Championships

ALROSA JSC (PAO) annually acts as a partner of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", organized by the Reliable Change Foundation and included in the presidential platform "Russia is a land of opportunityThe company not only supports the participants of the Student League, but also develops its own unique cases for talented youth. Working on these tasks allows future engineers to plunge headlong into issues that are important for industry and the Russian economy and develop solutions that are useful to the whole society. About the joint projects of students and one of the the leaders of the diamond mining industry of the world are in our material today.

ALROSA annually oversees the "Mining" and "Geological Exploration" areas of the CASE-IN Student League. The company pays special attention to the training of qualified specialists in these areas.

"CASE-IN" is one of the tools for attracting promising and talented students to enterprises for practical training and, possibly, for further employment after graduation, since when solving cases, students get acquainted with the specifics of the enterprise. In turn, the Championship is a good platform for young people to share their experiences.and knowledge with peers, the realization of ambitious plans and tasks", − emphasizes the Head of the Personnel Selection and Development Center of ALROSA (PAO) Natalia Petukhova.

In 2020, the company prepared a task related to mining for young people who participated in the Mining direction. Future mining engineers had to solve the problem of gas contamination at the Yubileyny quarry. The relevance of this case is due to the fact that due to the increased release of explosive gas into the atmosphere of the quarry, work at the production facility may not be possible in the very next few years.

Many teams, despite the remote format of work and other limitations associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, were able to demonstrate logically structured projects. The expert Commission and representatives of ALROSA had to work hard to identify the top three.

The champion among the mining teams was the Unionofminingengineers team, representing Irkutsk National Research Technical University. Captain Ilya Zikratsky, Nikolai Makhno and Elizaveta Mironova proposed a set of measures to improve the atmosphere of the quarry.

"Our main ideas include the installation of a pipeline ventilation system for the quarry, the introduction of a mobile atmospheric monitoring system for the quarry, and the transfer of the quarry's working equipment from diesel fuel to gas in order to reduce harmful emissions.A significant competitive advantage of the project, in our opinion, is its low cost of implementation. Participation in the Championship helped us to learn how to properly allocate responsibilities and use the time provided efficiently.", - commented Ilya Zikratsky.

After the triumph in the championship final, the Unionofminingengineers team members received an invitation to an internship at ALROSA, which will be held in the summer of 2021.

Continued in No. 1 (3) 2021 of the Mining Industry magazine. Junior" on page 50