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Mining museum's treasures. Rhodochrosite

Сокровища Горного музея. Родохрозит
Rhodochrosite is a mineral that resembles a blossom of a rose due to its colour and texture coating. The multilayered mineral is undoubtedly as beautiful as malachite or charoite.
Наука и техника

Mining museum's treasures. Pyrite

Пирит

Pyrite got its name due to its specific properties, such as being able to sparkle upon impact. In Greek the mineral’s name means "a stone that strikes fire". In fact, 200 years ago there was almost no other way to light the fire but to use pyrite or flint as the "matches".

Наука и техника

Mining museum's treasures. Silver

серебро
A history of an origin of silver is quite interesting. There is a word "argenta" in Sanskrit, which means "light" in English translation, and scientists believe that this word gave the name to the similarly-named chemical element– argentum.
Наука и техника

Students from Côte d'Ivoire about the reasons to study in Russia

африканец
As young people from the Ivory Coast believe, their country needs specialists who are capable of managing mining enterprises. It is not only engineers who are needed but also the teachers. Students need someone who can transfer knowledge to them. According to "Forpost", over the coming years there will be a lot to do for both the teachers and engineers.
Экономика

Oil cost reductions: exploring the possibilities

газпром нефть
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.
Экономика

Germany appreciates projects of young scientists from Saint-Petersburg

сырьевой форум
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.
Общество

Russian-German Raw Materials Dialogue: final word of the experts

сырьевой форум
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.
Энергетика

The prospects for Russia and Germany: expert views on the future of cooperation

Гордеев и Альтмайер
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.
Энергетика

Russian gold reserves are close to an all-time record

Полюс золото
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.
Экономика

Mining museum's treasures. Gold

золото
Gold is one of the first metals to become known to mankind. In the Ancient Egypt, it was considered a part of Ra, the sun God. For this reason, the precious metal was accessible only to the pharaohs, their family members and the priests.
Наука и техника

The expert views on the importance of the Russian-British Raw Materials Dialogue

Лондон
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.
Экономика

Miners approved the idea of developing Engineering University Rankings by Subject

Лондон
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.
Общество

An agreement on international recognition of the qualification of Russian engineers has been reached

литвиненко
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.
Экономика

Improving the profitability of coal mining in Russia: the words of a scientist

СУЭК-Кузбасс
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.
Экономика

Vladimir Litvinenko: "Governmental regulation of the higher education institutions should be market oriented. The policies should be clear"

литвиненко
Throughout the summer, the higher school of Russia was shaken by scandals related to existing assessments of the quality of education. For example, the leaders of the 50 largest Russian universities appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a proposal to abolish the current system of state accreditation as "outdated". The discussion escalated even further with a beginning of the school year. In fact some universities began planning the complete rejection of traditional lectures and their replacement with online courses. First meeting of the working group involved in development of a new system of state accreditation and licensing of higher education institutions took place on October 10. "Forpost" asked the Principal of Saint-Petersburg Mining University to comment on this issue. Under the leadership of Vladimir Litvinenko, the University got as high as number 16 in the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings.
Наука и техника

Students from China suggest their peers take an internship in Saint-Petersburg

китайцы
Students of Lanzhou University of Technology came to the Mining University this summer as interns of the International Summer School. After having finished their education upon the programme "Innovations and development prospects of mechanical and electrical engineering", they shared the impressions of their stay in Russia.
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