The new issue of Russian Mining Industry Journal is released as we approach New Year 2022. The outgoing year 2021 was packed with many different events, both happy and sad. Early in 2021 we had high hopes that the issues related to the COVID pandemic would be successfully resolved, but they remained, and the limitations associated with the pandemic continue to affect people' s lives as well as the economy, the production and its industries.
The tragic accident in the Listvyazhnaya mine in Kuzbass, which claimed dozens of lives, shocked the entire country. There had not been such a major accident for a long time, but it happened.
Mining science, mining scholars and production specialists are trying to stand up to the negative aspects of our lives in close cooperation with each other, and the Russian Mining Industry Journal, the official press organ of the Academy of Mining Sciences, which represents their interests, is doing its best to promote the achievements of mining science and their practical application. In 2021 the number of Scopus publications increased, and as the Journal's editor-in-chief I am pleased that these papers are not only relevant, but are also characterized with a high academic level. read more...