8 teams of future metallurgists of Lipetsk competed for the semi-final ticket "CASE-IN"

Student League XI Qualifying Stage The CASE-IN International Engineering Championship in Metallurgy was held at the Boiling Point of LGTU on March 10, 2023.

The eleventh season of the championship is held under the theme "Technological leadership". 8 LGTU teams competed for a ticket to the semifinals of the championship. They included future metallurgical engineers, metal scientists, chemists, thermal power engineers, IT specialists, and economists.  Students were assigned by RUSAL to develop import substitution mechanisms that would reduce the cost of aluminum production and ensure high product quality standards, as well as implement ESG principles (ecology, social policy and corporate governance). The solutions developed in just 10 days were presented by the students to the experts – teachers of LGTU and specialists of the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Combine.

According to the results of the presentation of the projects, the jury recognized the best solution of the "Innovators" team consisting of Irina Strelnikova, Anton Konov, Vladislav Solovyov and Nikolai Tsyganov. The guys suggested recycling dust emissions, which contain aluminum oxide. Recycled dust can be used to produce new raw materials, replacing bauxite, which is currently used for aluminum production.

The championship winners were the teams "Metal dragon" and "Time of metal", who took 2nd and 3rd places, respectively.

The winning team of the qualifying stage will present the finalized project in the industry semi-final and compete for tickets to the championship finals. The final will traditionally be held in Moscow at the end of May and will bring together the strongest youth engineering teams from Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

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