The legendary Peoples' Friendship University is reaching the finals of the Championship!

The legendary Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (Moscow) has joined the competitions of the All-Russian Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship. On April 7, 2015, the qualifying stages of the mining and exploration leagues were held here.

Peoples' Friendship University is one of the country's leading universities, established in 1960. Students of more than 450 nationalities from more than 140 countries study here. One of the values of the Championship is to strengthen the Russian and international community of young professionals - miners and explorers. For the first time, international teams of future engineers from Russia, Ukraine, Mongolia, Gabon and other countries took part in the Championship.

Opening the qualifying stage, Denis Shevchenko, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at RUDN University He congratulated the university students on the opportunity to participate in the Championship and wished them worthy victories.

Since 2014, the Championship has been supported by the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs.  Fedor Strygin, Representative of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs He noted the maximum immersion in the profession that the Championship gives to future specialists.

All qualifying stages of the Championship are held with the assistance of leading employers in the mining sector.  Representatives of the project partners participated in the competitions at the RUDN University as guests and experts: LLC MYCROMINE RUS, LLC Dassault System Geovia RUS, JSC MHC EuroChem.

Sergey Katkov, a geologist and consultant at MYCROMINE RUS LLC He noted the practical orientation of the project: "I am very glad that the organizers of projects such as the Championship provide students with the opportunity to try themselves on real tasks, understand what engineering and geological exploration are and prove themselves. I wish the participants success, and we are waiting for new interesting solutions from you!"

Nikolay Lagonsky, a leading geologist at Dassault Systems Geovia RUS LLC, Welcomed the students: "I am sure that your knowledge and skills gained during training, production practices and internships will allow you to take a worthy position in the mining industry. I wish you to always have a goal, not to be afraid of changing new technologies, to grow and change with the innovations that the mining industry is open to. Good luck!"

Representatives of the RUDN University also took part in the qualifying stage. JSC "MHC "EuroChem". Ilya Werner, Mining Project Manager, Phosphate Mining Department, Mining Division, JSC MHC EuroChem, He told the students about the company, its development prospects, and its willingness to attract motivated young professionals.: "We need highly qualified personnel, because the people in our business are this is the key to success.". In continuation of the colleague's speech, Olga Alekseenko, Head of Personnel Selection and Development at JSC MHC EuroChem She presented to the participants the company's HR policy and the opportunities that young professionals can take advantage of.

Students from 5 teams participating in the mining league presented solutions to the case "Choosing the most efficient variant of the mining and transportation complex and increasing its efficiency".

4 teams took part in the league's exploration competitions. They defended their case decisions "Increasing the profitability of a deposit based on a geological study with the preparation of a work project."

The students' solutions were evaluated by a jury consisting of experts from the Institute of Integrated Subsoil Development of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Union of Russian Surveyors, the Center for Laboratory Analysis and Technical Measurements in the Central Federal District, and representatives of leading mining companies in Russia.: LLC Dasso System Geovia RUS, JSC MHC EuroChem, LLC MYCROMINE RUS, EVRAZ and JSC Raspadskaya Coal Company, as well as teachers of the RUDN University.

The winner of the qualifying stage mining leagues recognized the "IR-401" command (4th year students of the Department of Geodesy and Surveying of the RUDN University Faculty of Engineering):

• Suren Vanyan
• Ivan Ponomarenko
• Alexander Turkan
• Camilla Chistyakova

In the qualifying stage Exploration leagues The international one won team RUDN_BT (undergraduates Department of Mineral Deposits and their Exploration named after
V.M. Kreiter, Faculty of Engineering, RUDN University):

• Tatiana Kondratieva
• Chinbat Biambazhavna 

The winners of the RUDN University qualifying stage will represent the university at the final, which will be held on May 28-29, 2015 in Moscow.

The general partners of the Championship are: JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System", JSC "Siberian Coal Energy Company", Micromine company, JSC "MHC "EuroChem", LLC "Siberian Generating Company", EVRAZ company and
Raspadskaya Coal Company JSC, RUSSDRAGMET Management Company, Dasso System Geovia RUS LLC.

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The next stages of the Mining and exploration leagues will be held on April 9, 2015 at the Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State Geological Exploration University (Moscow).