Scientists of the FITZ UUH SB RAS acted as experts of the CASE-IN championship

The qualifying stage of the Mining field of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, dedicated to future technologies in 2026, was held at KuzSTU. The topic of the case is technologies against rock mass freezes, which lead to downtime and safety risks during work. The participants analyzed the causes of rock formations in the depleted space at the Udachny mine of ALROSA, assessed their impact on the safety and sustainability of mining operations, identified key factors contributing to the occurrence of freezes, and identified their technological and industrial consequences. The result should be a comprehensive engineering solution to eliminate freezes using elements of "future technologies".

The championship is held as part of the implementation of the federal project "Russia – the land of opportunities" of the national project "Youth and Children".

The work of the expert commission at the qualifying stage of the student league of the championship was attended by employees of the Federal Research Center for Coal and Coal Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Acting Head of the Institute of Coal, Professor Alexander Mayorov, Chief Scientific Secretary, Candidate of Technical Sciences Peter Nikolaev, researcher at the Laboratory of Advanced Methods of Management of Mining Engineering Systems, Candidate of Technical Sciences Sergey Kizilov.

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