Department of Mineral Deposits Development

Since 1931 the Department of Mineral Deposits Development has been providing training of mining engineers mainly for the gold and coal mining industry of the region. Our graduates are in demand in the russian industry. For a long period we have been handing vouchers for the future life over 7 thousand graduates, preparing them for engineering activities to develop the wealth of our country. Currently, the department of Mineral Deposits Development is successfully implementing the projects in all the main areas of the University's activities. Considerable efforts are made to improve the educational process. Many basic disciplines are constantly processed taking into account changes in the mineral resource base and the competitive environment of subsoil users, as well as the increased role of information technologies in the educational process.

Key personnel

Educational programs

Bachelor
Name
Training period
Language
Training period
5 years
Language
Russian
Training period
5 years
Language
Russian
Postgraduate
Name
Training period
Language
Training period
4 years
Language
Russian

Research projects

  • Resource-saving mining technologies
  • Improving the development of placer deposits

New releases

Partners

www.polymetalinternational.com
Polymetal
Polymetal is a top-10 global gold producer and top-5 global silver producer with assets in Russia and Kazakhstan listed on the London Stock Exchange, Moscow Stock Exchange and Astana International Exchange. Polymetal has a portfolio of nine producing gold and silver mines and an impressive pipeline of future growth projects.
www.kvsu.ru/company/
VostSibUgol Company
"Vostsibugol" today is a powerful resource base, transport enterprises, repair plant and processing plant. This is a professional team of five thousand employees. The enterprise consists of seven sections on operational management — Mugunsky, Azeysky, Tulunsky, Cheremkhovsky, Golovinsky, Irbeysky, Vereinsky. About 85% of coal is consumed by the main "power engineer" of the Irkutsk region, OAO Irkutskenergo. The products are supplied to enterprises of the Angara region, as well as neighboring regions. The capacity and production level allow the company to enter the international market.
www.len-zoloto.ru/
Lenzoloto
It is a gold mining holding that manages assets in the Bodaibo District of the Irkutsk Region. The company traces its history back to the middle of the 19th century when the first gold deposits in these areas were developed back in the 1840s. It is a part of the Polyus group of companies (the largest gold producer in Russia) as a part of Polyus Krasnoyarsk JSC.
www.alrosa.ru/
Alrosa
Alrosa is a public diamond mining company. Founded in 1992, Alrosa is a world leader in diamond production, as well as the largest vertically integrated company in the industry. In 2020, the company produced 30 million carats of rough diamonds, revenue amounted to almost $ 3 billion.
Alrosa's mining assets are located in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the Arkhangelsk Region.
Since its foundation, Alrosa has been paying great attention to sustainable development issues and implementing many social and environmental initiatives. In 2021, the company became a member of the UN Global Compact.
www.nornickel.ru
Norilsk Nickel
Norilsk Nickel is the leader of the mining and metallurgical industry in Russia, one of the world's largest producers of nickel and palladium
In addition, Norilsk Nickel produces cobalt, rhodium, silver, gold, iridium, ruthenium, as well as selenium, tellurium and sulfur.
The main activities of the Group's enterprises are prospecting, exploration, extraction, enrichment and processing of minerals, production, marketing and sale of non-ferrous and precious metals.

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