Specialists of Primorsk Coal and Luchegorsky coal mine won awards at the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences

Young specialists from Primorsky coal mining enterprises took first and third places in the REN Cup of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, held as part of the eighth International Forum "Russian Energy Week".

Coal mining enterprises of Primorsky Krai were represented at the REN by two teams of young specialists led by captains Lyudmila Nedryaga and By Vadim Atamanchuk.
The theme of the engineering championship of the REN Cup in 2025 was the solution of the engineering case "TEK-2100: Roadmap of the future". The Primorsky team presented the "Fuel and Energy Sector Development Strategy" in the planning horizon up to 2100, highlighting breakthrough technologies and new segments based on predictive models and innovative solutions that increase the economic, environmental and social efficiency of the industry. According to the results of the championship, the Primorye team took the third place among 22 enterprises.

"The team had a large—scale task - to develop a strategy for the development of the entire fuel and energy sector until 2100. As a result of fruitful work over the past weeks, the team has been able to adequately present its vision of the future of Russian energy. In addition to the miners, the projects were also presented by young specialists from the largest giants of the Russian energy industry: Rosneft and Rosseti. The Primorye team included four people representing the Primorsk Coal management office and the Novoshakhtinskoye mine management," Vadim Atamanchuk said.

As part of the youth initiatives project, Lyudmila Nedryaga's team participated in interactive sessions, which resulted in a defense of the project on the topic "Preservation and development of youth potential in the Far East."

"The jury liked this topic, and following the results of the project defense, we managed to win the first place. We competed with colleagues from many Russian regions — Kuzbass, Krasnoyarsk and others. There were 7 people in our team — three from the Primorsk Coal management office, from the Novoshakhtinskoye mine management and Luchegorsky Coal Mine JSC. At the final session, we were presented with a commemorative stele and certificates of the winners," Lyudmila Nedryaga said.

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