Science and technics

The most well-known reference to windmills dates back to 1604 when the first part of the novel ’The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha’ was published.

They presented their developments to the judgment of experts from major Russian and foreign companies, such as GEOTECH Seismic, SIBUR, PhosAgro, and Schneider Electric.

The International Competence Center in Mining Engineering Education under the auspices of UNESCO is holding a large-scale youth forum.

This November, the Mining Museum, St. Petersburg, informed of having for the first time ever determined the detailed chemical composition of 19th-century steel blades. The two-century-old swords were either brought from Tiflis or manufactured at the worldwide known Zlatoust Plant.

When examining the Mining Museum’s collections, the academic staff members discovered a carved vase of grey spotted stone. The research was carried out, and based on its results, the object was found to be an example of the rarest lapidary works, dating back to the 18th century.

Based on it, a new type of battery surpassing modern lithium-ion batteries both in terms of lifespan and efficiency will be delivered.

One of the trendiest topics today in the concepts of the coming world order is alternative energy sources and, as the flagship of this trend, hydrogen energy. For the sake of making way for new types of energy carriers, Europe is even planning to impose a special tax on goods that emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere during their production. If this idea is implemented, Russian exporters will lose between 3 and 4.8 billion dollars a year. The Russian Ministry of Energy, which has prepared a roadmap for the development of hydrogen energy in Russia, is also on track.

Experts and researchers representing virtually all post-industrial and developing countries, joined by the authorities of UNESCO, as part of the work of the International Competence Centre for Mining-Engineering Education under the auspices of UNESCO, presented an analysis of recent trends in the global energy market in their relation to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

As the concentration of a valuable component in ores is declining, the complexity of developing fossil fuel deposits is increasing, and competition is growing, oil & gas and mining companies face the challenge of raising production profitability.

It was 16 years ago when the Forum-Contest ”Topical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources” was held by the Mining University for the first time. This year, the forum moved online, which, however, positively impacted both the number of contestants and the number of viewers.