RUE Minskenergo won silver in the competition of young specialists from the CIS countries

The MinskEnergy team took the honorable second place in the final of the League of Young CIS Specialists of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship.

The project of specialists of RUE Minskenergo called "Engineering and Industrial complex for processing halite waste" attracted the attention of experts not with a concept, but with real efficiency — it offers a comprehensive solution to one of the most acute environmental and economic problems of the potash industry.

Environmental impact of the project:
• Reduction of the areas occupied by halite waste storage facilities;
• Reduction of soil and groundwater pollution;
• Minimizing long-term environmental risks for regions where potash plants operate.

Economic benefits:
• turning "garbage" into valuable raw materials — extracting useful components provides a new source of income;
• reduction of maintenance and maintenance costs for landfills and sludge storage facilities;
• Creation of additional production chains and jobs.

The project's contribution to the sustainable development of the industry:
• the transition from the linear model of "mining → production → waste" to a cyclical economy, where the waste from one process becomes the raw material for another;
• increasing the resource efficiency of enterprises without increasing the extraction of primary raw materials;
• Compliance with global ESG trends and increasing the investment attractiveness of the industry.

Scalability and relevance:
• the solution is applicable not only in the CIS, but also in other countries with a developed potash industry;
• the technology adapts to different volumes and compositions of waste;
• the project is ready for implementation and gives a quick effect — the first results can be obtained already in the first years of operation of the complex.

The experts of the championship highly appreciated the project precisely for the balance between environmental responsibility and economic expediency. It doesn't just "solve the problem," but creates a new, more efficient model for the industry.

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