This June, the agreement between the Russian National Association of Mining Engineers and the British Institute of Mineral, Materials and Mining (IOM3) was signed. According to the agreement, experts of the Association were granted exclusive rights to certify specialists of extracting and processing enterprises.

More than 1300 young oil-industry workers from sixty-two countries came to St. Petersburg to participate in the Youth Forum of the World Petroleum Council. During this week, young specialists exchange experiences with each other and meet the industry leaders.

Forum participants came to Saint-Petersburg from as much as thirty countries to show their scientific developments and declare the need for cooperation between countries.

German large-scale enterprises are interested in investing in Russia, as well as they are ready to share with us high technologies.

Shell will be a sponsor for the Youth Technical Sessions at the Future Leaders Forum of the World Petroleum Council. The event takes place this June at the Mining University.

PJSC LUKOIL has become the Gold Sponsor of the 6th Future Leaders Forum of the World Petroleum Council. The agreement establishing the terms of cooperation has been signed between the Company and the Russian National Committee of the World Petroleum Council.

Leonid Weisberg, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Research and Engineering Corporation "Mekhanobr-Tekhnika" and also the Member of the Academy of Sciences, underlined the importance of inclusion of "The Journal of the Mining Institute" in the international database Scopus. Leonid Weisberg also gave his comments and provided his opinion on what it means for the scientific community.

The journal of the Mining University, which is celebrating this year its 112th anniversary, has been accepted for inclusion in the Scopus database. A request for inclusion in the database was accepted by the Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB). The indexing process for Scopus will start within the next three months.

According to QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) Rankings in Mineral & Mining Engineering, Saint-Petersburg Mining University is in the top 20 for the third year in a row.

Charles Hendry, a participant of the Russian-British Raw Materials Dialogue, held a lecture at the Mining University on the future of energy sector.