UMMC Technical University students qualified for the semi-finals of the CASE-IN championship

A team of mining students from the UMMC Technical University from Vernei Pyshma took first place in the qualifying stage and advanced to the semi-finals of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN".

Among the 13 teams of Russian universities from the UMMC Technical University in the field of Mining, there were two teams – Mining of Useful Knowledge (4th year) and Malachite (3rd year). The fourth-year students took the first place and advanced to the semifinals.

The organizers of the championship prepared practical tasks for the teams – they gave a brief mining and geological description of the deposit and a description of the problem that needs to be solved in the most optimal way. The teams were required to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the deposit in one week, think over the scheme and technology of mining, justify their decisions and calculate the mine's performance, up to the economic effect.

"To begin with, the guys on our team independently selected and analyzed information from free sources and, based on the knowledge gained in the classroom, came up with ideas for solving our assignment. Then we consulted with the head and teachers of our department of Mineral Deposits Development and finalized all our ideas and ideas.", – Natalia Geveiler, a member of the "Mining useful Knowledge" team, told the audience.

The fourth-year team of the UMMC Technical University has proposed its technological solution to optimize the mining technology of the quarry, which is one of the largest indigenous diamond deposits in the world. The students described increasing the stability of the sides of the quarry by attaching a high-strength double-torsion metal mesh with a zinc coating, proposed implementing operational stability control using automated monitoring, and also indicated a way to modernize the drilling and blasting process.

"Participation in such competitions is a necessary part of learning, which helps students to better understand their professional training level, and teachers to adjust the learning process. Of course, it is nice to see that the university provides knowledge worthy of high appreciation by the jury of the international competition", – said Vyacheslav Lapin, Director of the UMMC Technical University.

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