St. Petersburg Mining presented digitalization ideas for fuel and energy complex and MSK

On February 28, 2019, St. Petersburg Mining University hosted the qualifying stages VII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". The project entered the platform this year. "Russia is a land of opportunity", created by decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" − an international competition system for solving engineering cases among students, schoolchildren and young professionals. The purpose of the Championship is to popularize engineering and technical education and attract the most promising young specialists to the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes.

The Championship is attended by more than 7,000 students and young professionals representing 56 universities in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan, and more than 30 companies from the fuel and energy complex and the Moscow Energy Complex.

St. Petersburg Mining University hosted the qualifying stages of the "CASE-IN" in the areas of geological exploration, mining, metallurgy, oil and gas and electric power industry.

The participants of the Championship were greeted by the Vice-rector for Educational Activities of the St. Petersburg Mining University. Alexander Gospodarikov: "You must clearly understand that you are responsible, you are the future of our country. The CASE-IN Championship is a unique opportunity to confirm your level of training, it is a competition of knowledge and skills. I would like you to show at this stage that you know enough and can fight. You are a strong team, you must complement each other and understand that only a team can solve serious problems!".

All the cases that the participants solved were united by the common theme of the "CASE-IN" of the 2019 season, "Digital Transformation" − one of the priority topics for the Russian and global economies. The decision was given only 10 days.

The future specialists presented their ideas on steel production at the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Combine, oil production in the Caspian Sea, diamond prospecting and mining in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), and the development of a transitional monitoring system for the UES of Russia.

In their decisions, the participants paid special attention to the issue of energy efficiency and energy conservation, topics that were included in the case at the initiative of the Championship's titular partner, LLC Transneftenergo.

The solutions of future specialists were evaluated by experts – representatives of industry companies and organizations, including: JSC SUEK, Udachinsky Mining and Processing Plant AK ALROSA (PJSC), JSC MHC EuroChem, LLC SPB-GIPROSHAKHT, Mirninsky Mining and Processing Plant AK ALROSA (PJSC), Kovdorsky GOK, OSP Zapsibgeolsamka, Siberian Production and Geological Association JSC (part of Rosgeologiya Holding), North-Western Production and Geological Association JSC (part of Rosgeologiya Holding), A.P. Karpinsky All-Russian Scientific Research Geological Institute. Representatives of the faculty of the St. Petersburg Mining University also acted as experts.

The finalists of the qualifying stage in St. Petersburg Mining were the following teams: Heavy Metal (geological exploration), 4 Mining people (mining), Kometa (metallurgy), Big Deal (oil and gas business), WeWatt (electric power industry).

The finalists will represent their university in the final "CASE-IN", which will be held from May 30 to 31, 2019 in Moscow. During the finals, the winning teams of the qualifying stages will compete for the title of the best engineering student teams and for the opportunity to complete internships and internships at leading industry companies in the country. The CASE-IN mining champions will also take part in All-Russian Youth Scientific and Practical Forum "Mining School" And the champions of the electric power industry – in the All-Russian Summer Educational Forum "Energy of Youth".