Global Sustainability

This year oil producer Rosneft has increased volumes of production drilling by 4.5%. As global experts say, Russian oil and gas companies will be forced to increase production volumes even further. As a reason they cite that most of the fields are running out of oil, which means that new reserves are to be developed. ”Forpost” decided to ask Mikhail Dvoynikov, the Head in the Department of Drilling at Saint-Petersburg Mining University, a few related questions, such as how much would it cost to drill the new well, as well as if it is possible to make its construction cheaper, thus reducing oil production costs.

Five post-graduate students from Saint-Petersburg Mining University were awarded with prizes for steel industry participants at Saarland in Germany. The ceremony took place in Potsdam as a part of the XI Russian-German Raw Materials Dialogue, which came to its end on the 8th of November.

It is the opinion of the event’s participants that for effective development of our countries’ economies we need to increase the level of trust between our states and at the same time introduce environmentally-friendly technologies. German representatives also stated the need for increasing export volumes of Russian gas to Europe.

It was the first day of the Russian-German Raw Materials Dialogue when the following statement was released: our countries need a continuous and equal dialogue in conditions of good-neighbourliness.

In October, Polyus Aldan JSC, the oldest gold mining enterprise of our country, set a new mining record – 5 tons of this precious metal has been produced since the beginning of the year. In connection with this, ”Forpost” decided to ask Aleksey Noskov, the Managing Director of the company, a few related questions: how did they manage to yield such an impressive result, what is the effect of production increase on gold reserves of our country, when do we catch up on Australia and surpass production volumes that Australia has already reached.

The Second Russian-British Raw Materials Dialogue, which took place in London, has come to its end. The main purpose of this event was to create a platform that would facilitate mutually beneficial cooperation in the raw materials industry. The development of joint projects regarding the efficient use of minerals was another matter under discussion. The following issues were on the agenda: business climate improvement, providing conditions for increased investment activity, training engineers to work with mineral resources and joint field development in the isolated areas of the Far North.

Improving the subject rankings system in the universities is an important issue and the matter of interest for the management of mineral and energy companies. These are the words of Valery Yazev, the President of the Voluntary Association ”Russian Miners”, following the signing of an agreement with Quacquarelli Symonds.

British miners gave their colleagues from Saint-Petersburg an authority to certify specialists of mineral companies with such titles as ”Professional Engineer” or ”Fellow Engineer”. As for today, these titles have been officially recognized in 124 countries.

In the first nine months of this year, Kuzbass produced 190 million tons of coal, which is 5.4% more than in the same period of 2017. Exactly the same amount was exported from Russia last year. Despite the fact that black gold has lost the domestic market to natural gas, it is still in very high demand in the world, mainly because of the growth of consumption in the Asia-Pacific region. In order to provide an insight into the situation, ”Forpost” asked Oleg Kazanin, the Dean in the Department of Mining Engineering at Saint-Petersburg Mining University, a few questions, such as what role science currently plays in increasing coal production and what scientific developments may help increase the profitability of its production.

The agreement between the government of the Russian Federation and the UN on the establishment of the International Center of Competence in Mining Education was ratified by the State Duma on October 18.