Temirtau students took first place at the International Metallurgy Olympiad

Temirtau hosted the International Metallurgy Olympiad, which brought together 16 teams from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. The competition venues were Temirtau Higher Polytechnic College and Karaganda Industrial University.

The special feature of the Olympiad is its practical format. The participants were not only tested, but also performed tasks that were as close as possible to real production processes: they smelted and bottled steel, investigated the operation of a vibrating screen, determined fractions of materials and analyzed minerals using artificial intelligence.

The competition was held in two stages. In the first (theoretical) course, students worked with a 3D atlas of a melting furnace and special training programs that simulate the operation of a metallurgical enterprise.

At the second stage, the participants had to demonstrate practical skills. Each team received one of three directions and a corresponding set of tasks.

The team of Temirtau Higher Polytechnic College got to work with mineralogical samples. The students had to prepare the mineral, perform digital microscopy, upload the image to an artificial intelligence-based system and determine the type of mineral.

The team coped with the task successfully and took the first place, sharing the victory with representatives of Russia — students of the multidisciplinary college at Magnitogorsk State Technical University named after G. I. Nosov.

The second place was taken by the teams of Karaganda Industrial University and Polytechnic College of Kazakhmys Corporation. The third place went to representatives of Tashkent State Technical University named after Islam Karimov and Kyrgyz State Technical University named after I. Razzakov.

The main prize of the Olympiad was a VR simulator in metallurgy for practicing practical skills in the field of digital metallurgy. It was provided by SIKE, the general sponsor of the competition.

— The guests from Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan highly appreciated the equipment and the practical approach to training. This format helps to train highly qualified specialists. For our students, participation in the Olympiad has also become an important and useful experience," said Yerlan Kyzylbayev, Head of the Department of Ferrous Metallurgy at Temirtau Higher Polytechnic College.