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15 November 2018, 12:50

Work in progress to introduce digital technologies for geological surveying in Belarus

MINSK, 15 November (BelTA) – The Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry is working on reequipping and digitizing the geological surveying industry in Belarus, BelTA learned from Belarusian Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Andrei Khudyk during the third Eurasian mining and geology forum Digitalization of the Mining Industry for the Joint Development and Prosperity in Eurasia on 15 November.

The minister said: “The available mineral resources and raw materials represent the foundation of the country's economy. This matter is overseen at the highest level in Belarus. We've preserved accomplishments of the Soviet school and can share our experience but we are also on the lookout for new affordable technologies, which will allow achieving better results in providing our economy with our own raw materials at a lesser cost. We should improve the workforce potential and retool the geological surveying service. We have plans for seriously overhauling this industry. If we get a go-ahead, it will happen very soon.”

The Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry is busy introducing digital technologies in the mining industry, including for the buildup of the prospected stock of extractable resources and for the conservation of earth resources. “I am convinced the efforts will minimize costs and accelerate processes,” stressed the natural resources and environmental protection minister.

During the opening ceremony Andrei Khudyk noted that today the mining and geology industry in Eurasian countries faces a number of tasks such as the expansion and reproduction of the mineral and raw materials base, the establishment of new enterprises based on prospected subsurface resources, the modernization of existing enterprises, and the development of innovations. “The availability and rational usage of mineral resources are a must for the successful development of any economy. In view of today's complicated situation in the global mining and geological industry we should put more efforts into bolstering the investment appeal of mineral resources and ensuring the flow of investments into the use of subsurface resources. The forum will allow us to share experience and the best practices. It will contribute to the advancement of cooperation of our countries in this sphere,” he added.

Viktor Guminsky, First Deputy Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee, First Deputy CIS Executive Secretary, welcomed participants of the forum on behalf of the head of the CIS Executive Committee and wished them fruitful work. “If effectively used, the resource potential of the CIS member states represents one of the most important prerequisites for their sustainable development. The joint rational usage of these resources is of special interest. The CIS intergovernmental council for surveying, usage, and conservation of subsurface resources makes a tangible contribution to the advancement of integration relations in this field,” he noted. The 22nd session of the council took place on 14 November.

The third Eurasian mining and geology forum Digitalization of the Mining Industry for the Joint Development and Prosperity in Eurasia is scheduled to take place in Minsk on 14-16 November. Taking part in the forum are about 300 people from 17 countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe, and Asia, including Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Germany, and Poland. Participants of the forum are expected to discuss prospects of cooperation in the digital transformation of the mining industry as well as interaction of integration associations (the Eurasian Economic Union, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, ASEAN, and UN) in geology and the use of subsurface resources. The development of the credit and finance infrastructure available to the raw materials markets in Eurasia will be evaluated.

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