UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 13, 2019. EVRAZ Holding’s Raspadskaya Coal Company presented its IT solutions for safe mining at the 26th International Trade Fair for Coal Mining Technology, Preparation and Materials Handling/UGOL ROSSII & MINING 2019. The company’s tech experts also gave talks on the new underground mining technologies at forum sessions and round table discussions.

According to Raspadskaya Coal Company’s press service, the company’s Mining Dispatcher simulator (a unique development by Job Safety, Industrial Safety, & the Environment Department’s tech experts) won gold at the fair. The multi-functional software unit is a symbiosis of My Mine (a virtual mine program) and the software appliances that are used to control and manage the technological processes taking place under the ground. The simulator is meant to help mining dispatchers and underground operators practice/drill teamwork tasks.

EVRAZ Holding’s mobile solutions for mining enterprise management also won the first prize. The solutions in question are innovative and generally available IT solutions for both surface and underground mining that get installed onto tablets and smartphones in flameproof cases suitable for mines. The mobile apps are meant for production and safety control: Idle Times, Gas Removal, and Mobile Cost Accounting.

Deputy Senior Engineer at Yesaulskaya Mine Alexei Ivanov’s work on flat seam stoping with the help of a new type of powered roof support also won bronze at the trade fair.