Metalloinvest is the official partner and participant of the VIII Central Russian Economic Forum (SEF), which takes place in Kursk on June 26-27.
The topic of the forum is Digital Region ... This year, SEF brought together more than 2500 participants from 23 countries: representatives of government agencies, business, science, public organizations, investors.
Andrey Varichev, CEO of Metalloinvest Management Company, took part in the plenary discussion of the forum.
“The history of Metalloinvest's development is inextricably linked with the Central Region. We are focused on the long-term sustainable development of our enterprises and cities, where miners and metallurgists of Mikhailovsky and Lebedinsky GOKs, Oskol electrometallurgical plant live, - noted Andrey Varichev. “It is important that the introduction of new technologies and digital platforms create highly qualified jobs, give people new knowledge, create conditions for the growth of the quality of education and the development of human capital.”
Metalloinvest presented at the forum the experience of using digital technologies in management and production. The Company is currently implementing the Industry 4.0 business transformation program. This project is intended to bring the entire management system to a new level, thereby increasing the competitive advantages of the Company. Digital solutions improve operational and managerial efficiency, mobilize hidden resources, improve product quality, and open up new models of interaction with consumers.
During the discussion, Andrey Varichev noted that digital technologies implemented at the Company's enterprises provide not only an increase in production efficiency, but also help to make the work of miners and metallurgists safer and more comfortable.
Mikhailovsky GOK, a Metalloinvest enterprise in the Kursk region, uses computer-aided mining design and geological modeling. A digital model of the quarry surface was built, a modern technology for its support and updating was organized. The Modular system was introduced, which allows to increase the productivity of mining equipment, and an automated drilling control system using high-precision positioning of drilling rigs using GLONASS.
At present, MGOK is re-equipping the technological radio communication system. For this, a multi-service network based on LTE technology has been created.
To ensure visual control of production processes and increase the level of safety in the quarry, a video surveillance system with the construction of fiber-optic communication lines was designed. It will allow you to remotely control the explosions in the quarry and the use of equipment in production areas.
The high operational and production achievements of Metalloinvest make it possible to successfully resolve social and economic issues in the region. Within the framework of the trilateral agreement between Metalloinvest and the administrations of the Kursk Region and the city of Zheleznogorsk, important social facilities are being built, and large-scale projects are being implemented to improve the quality of life of people. Metalloinvest is the largest taxpayer in the Kursk Region. At the end of 2018, the Company's enterprises paid 10 billion rubles in taxes to the regional treasury.
