Nguyen Thang

Students of Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University won the All-Russian competition for GIS project presentations “My Smart City.” Dozens of teams from universities across Russia, representing the fields of geology, ecology, mining, construction, transport process technology, cadastral registration, and land management, presented their geoinformation solutions designed to make cities more comfortable, safer, and more efficient.

Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University took part in the Russia–Vietnam Forum “Engineering Education, Science and Technology for Industrial Development”, held in Hanoi on September 21–24.

Who is a metallurgist? The recently celebrated professional holiday is a good opportunity to reflect on the essence of the profession. Under the 1834 Charter of the Institute of the Corps of Mining Engineers, the training of metallurgists was included among the mining specialties. Nothing has fundamentally changed to this day. A metallurgist remains a specialist responsible for the final stage of the technological process of obtaining the end product from mineral raw materials.

The Sablino–Mining Research and Education Centre for Technological Sites was visited on a working trip by Dmitry Bratynenko, Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Komi.

Fifty high school students from schools in the Belgorod and Kursk regions — participants in the University Shifts educational and career guidance project — have arrived at Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University. This is already the University’s second group of “temporary students” this year.

At Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University, Summer Schools for senior students from Donetsk National Technical University (DonNTU) have concluded. Similar short-term educational programmes are held at the University annually with the support of the International Competence Centre for Mining Engineering Education under the auspices of UNESCO. Upon completing the two-week programme, all participants passed an assessment and received certificates of completion in a formal ceremony.

One of the reasons for Russia’s defeat in the 1905 war with Japan was the poor quality of artillery shells. Two years before the outbreak of World War I, the War Ministry of the Russian Empire addressed the problem by establishing the Central Scientific and Technical Laboratory under the Main Artillery Directorate. Today, it is the Mendeleev Central Research Institute of Materials (CNIIM).

Today, a major research project is being carried out in the Komi Republic, within the Timan-Pechora oil and gas province: the drilling of ultra-deep wells with a planned bottom-hole depth of at least 2,000 metres below the Devonian deposits. The project was initiated by Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University. Its objective is to study thermodynamic processes in the Earth’s crust beneath the Devonian deposits.

One of the reasons for Russia’s defeat in the 1905 war with Japan was the poor quality of artillery shells. Two years before the outbreak of World War I, the War Ministry of the Russian Empire addressed the problem by establishing the Central Scientific and Technical Laboratory under the Main Artillery Directorate. Today, it is the Mendeleev Central Research Institute of Materials (CNIIM).

Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University is conducting a comprehensive research programme to study the deep structures of the Earth, including field research in the Komi Republic.

The Summer School at China University of Petroleum (UPC) in Qingdao, organized for students, postgraduate students, and faculty members of Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University, consisted of three main components: lectures delivered in English, during which professors shared the latest scientific findings; visits to the university’s laboratories; and visits to local enterprises — the future workplaces of many UPC graduates.

The delegation from Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University has returned from the International Internship “Scientific and Technological Development in the Field of Energy Security,” held at Taiyuan University of Technology (TYUT) in China.

Students of Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University participating in a Summer School at China University of Petroleum (Qingdao) (UPC) were shown the university’s main practical training centre, where laboratories reproduce the full range of real-world production processes used by oil and gas enterprises.

Despite the Western initiative to phase out fossil fuels, coal remains a strategic asset for the financial and industrial security of many countries. China’s open-pit coal mines are among the most sought-after destinations for international specialists in the mineral resources sector. For them, seeing first-hand the technologies used to develop deposits in the world’s leading coal-producing country is far more significant than simply visiting the Great Wall of China or the Forbidden City.

China ranks first in the world in coal production by a huge margin. In 2025, output reached a record 4.83 billion tonnes. Coal remains China’s main source of energy, covering more than half — according to some data, around 60% — of the country’s electricity needs.

Students of the Mining University are undergoing an internship at China University of Petroleum in Qingdao (China University of Petroleum, UPC), where future specialists are being introduced to theories and practices in oil and gas engineering, energy, and engineering sciences. During the first few days, the students attended lectures in English, mastering specialized energy modules, visited TELD, the city’s largest industrial enterprise, and immersed themselves in the country’s culture.