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In 2020, for the first time in Finnish history, a mass explosion was carried out without the use of TNT and dynamite. It was loaded exclusively with Russian-made cartridges and detonators. The head of the department for new projects at Azot-Blast, the largest company in Russia and the CIS for the production of drilling and blasting agents, talked about what radical changes have taken place in the industry and how to build a successful career today.

St. Petersburg Mining University became the leader of the updated rating of the International Engineering Championship CASE-IN, compiled according to the results of student teams’ performances over all seasons. The university took first place in the categories “Geological Exploration” and “Mining.” In addition, its teams ranked in the top three in “Oil and Gas” and “Electric Power.”

“The Slavyanov cylinder” in 1893 at the world exhibition in Chicago received a gold medal with the wording: “For the technical revolution produced.” His photographs, accompanying the relevant news, appeared in many newspapers in Europe and the United States. What kind of scientific breakthrough was he talking about?

As was initially planned by the city leaders of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, switching to distant learning should have caused university students to leave the cities, thereby reducing the pressure on hospital capacity brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. According to a Master’s student from Serbia, many non-locals and foreigners preferred to stay. She also spoke about the expectations of international students who study in Russia.

The Center for Digital Technology at St. Petersburg Mining University has completed an improved version of its mobile application. In particular, it allows parents to keep track of their children’s progress.

The most well-known of gold fevers is presumably the Klondike Gold Rush. Thanks to Jack London, who himself as a young man left for Alaska to seek gold. But although many were reading his novels, few knew it had all started in Russia, years before coming to America.

Rustam Minnikhanov welcomed the participation of the first technical university of the country in the preparation for the UNESCO session in Russia.

A second skyscraper may appear opposite Moscow Victory Park, just 2 meters lower than Lakhta Center. The proposal has provoked heated discussions among experts on the safety of the construction for the surrounding area. The investors of the project are business structures that own shares in the hotels Russia, Vyborzhets, and the Baltiets resort. They ask KGA to issue permission for changing construction limits on Chernyshevsky Square.

One of the main tasks for the near future he named increasing the share of the scientific component in the educational process.

The Generation 4.0 team of St. Petersburg Mining University won first place at the developers’ forum “Digital twins - moving companies to new greatness.” It was organized by LUT-University of Lappeenranta (Finland).