Global Sustainability

Czech president Miloš Zeman has criticised the European Green Deal, one of the founding documents serving as a basis for making strategic decisions in the EU

Oil prices, previously exceeding USD 85 per barrel, have fallen due to Omicron risks

Alrosa’s sales of rough and polished diamonds show impressive growth, as indicated by the figures revealed for November 2020

Experts say renewables won’t be the primary driver of reducing airborne emissions — this, instead, will be achieved by improving energy performance at industrial facilities

Titan and Mining University have joined their efforts to study diesel fuel blends, with the expected outcome being the 40–60% reduction in exhaust emissions

Some economists have stated that the US dollar will lose its status as the world’s most reliable and liquid means of exchange, with gold set to take the place of the American currency. This will happen due to the future global financial turmoil, causing, in turn, gold prices to go up sharply.

This season, the maximum number of scientists since Soviet times - 12 people, seven of whom represent St. Petersburg Mining University - will go to the Russian research station Vostok, located on the White Continent. Forpost asked the university’s rector Vladimir Litvinenko to tell what tasks the polar explorers face and explain whether the research in the coldest place on Earth can help mankind reduce its carbon footprint.

Akademik Fedorov vessel, with the first group of polar expedition members on board, has left the port of St. Petersburg and is heading for the shores of the ”White Continent”

A joint meeting of the Presidium of the Academic Council and the representatives of the Board of Trustees of Mining University was held, during which the results of the competition for the distribution of the special part of the “Research Leadership” grants were discussed.

Some 12 years have passed since Vladimir Putin’s visit to Pikalyovo, also remembered for the epic ’Give me back my pen’ moment, which happened during the meeting with Oleg Deripaska. The pressing social issues that caused Leningrad Oblast residents to block the federal highway are no longer relevant, but what if the same situation could happen again?