INRTU and Mining Equipment Manufacturer Service TechnoProm Join Forces to Enter African Markets

INRTU and the mining equipment manufacturer the Service TechnoProm company (STP LLC) are joining forces to enter the African markets. The university and the company have signed a corresponding agreement, under which a grant competition for students will be launched. The authors of the best proposals will receive 100,000 rubles and will have the opportunity to be hired by the Service Technoprom.

“We have long maintained close cooperation with INRTU researchers, whose engineering expertise is invaluable in developing new models, and we are always pleased to offer internships to students. This year, we concluded that the partnership should be expanded through research grants, which is only fitting for a university with research status. The program is designed to give students a comprehensive view of industry prospects not only in the Russian Federation but also across Africa, covering technological, economic, and even legal aspects,” 

said Nikita Kiselev, CEO of Service TechnoProm LLC.

To participate in the grant competition, students will need to submit a research project on one of three topics: logistics for exporting equipment from Russia to Africa, prospects for cooperation with the continent’s gold mining companies, and tools for market promotion in Africa.

The company also plans to launch grant programs with the INRTU College of Mechanical Engineering, focusing on technological development.

Earlier, STP LLC presented a domestically developed centrifugal concentrator for mineral processing. The design is based on applied research conducted by the Department of Mineral Processing and Environmental Protection named after S.B. Leonov and INRTU’s Design and Technology Bureau. The gravity-based machine has completed testing and is now operating successfully at leading mineral processing plants.

Based on materials from the Government of the Irkutsk Region