Scientists from Navoiy Plan to Expand Cooperation with the University

12:45, September 21, 2023

They got acquainted with new directions during their visit to Ekaterinburg

Researchers from Navoiy State University of Mining and Technologies (Uzbekistan) intend to expand their cooperation with the Ural Federal University in new directions. On September 15, they paid a visit to Ekaterinburg.

Thus, NSTU Rector Bakhtiyor Mardonov and the university's vice-rector for International Relations Shukhrat Alikulov visited the energy and construction institutes, as well as met with the UrFU management to outline the next steps to increase the pace of interaction.

"Now we are connected with Navoiy by a great scientific work: with colleagues at the university we are working on the extraction of gold from refractory ores produced by the local mining and metallurgical plant - the world's fourth gold producer, for the tasks of which the research is focused," said Denis Rogozhnikov, Head of the Research Laboratory for Advanced Studies in Petrochemistry, Chemical Technology and Biotechnology at UrFU. - A week earlier we received a delegation from NSTU headed by Rustam Khamidov, Head of the International Department, who handed over a 40 kg sample of concentrate that was necessary for the start of work".

The universities are also discussing other promising topics for cooperation between the scientific laboratory of UrFU and Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Company, including the possibility of producing alumina from kaolin ores of Uzbek deposits, wastewater treatment at the plant's enterprises with the possibility of extraction of valuable components, and involvement in processing of newly formed and already accumulated technogenic wastes of existing production facilities with extraction of gold.

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NSTU is one of the largest educational centers in the field of mining engineering and technology in Central Asia. The university was established by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev in February 2018, with more than 9,500 students studying at bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs.

The university traces its history back to 1963, when in order to provide resources for the mining and metallurgical industry of the Kyzylkum region, as well as for the emerging industrial enterprises of Navoiy Mining and Metallurgical Company with qualified specialists, an evening training and counseling center of the Tashkent Polytechnic Institute was opened in the city of Navoiy.

UrFU and NSTU are linked by an agreement on comprehensive scientific and educational cooperation signed by the rectors in October last year.

There are 127 students from Uzbekistan in UrFU, a community and a branch of the alumni association, the university has signed 27 agreements with scientific and educational organizations of the republic.

Dmitry Benemansky

The news article was translated by UrFU International Marketing Office. 
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