On December 3, the final of the industry program MineTech 2021 took place, created for the search and intensive development of production and digital technologies in the interests of the mining industry.

The Program partners were Norilsk Nickel, Severstal, Uralchem, EVRAZ and FANUC. More than 60 applicants took part in the final of the Program in a total of 9 directions.

As a result of the Program, promising mining technologies and solutions for digital transformation and increasing the efficiency of industrial enterprises of the industry were selected, examples were formed for working out a complex industry order "from several technologies to one solution."

The MineTech 2021 program has played an important role in attracting new technologies and solutions for the largest players in the Russian mining industry. At the closing ceremony, we will present the results and discuss their vision with partners and applicants.

• Presentation of the results of MineTech 2021. Comments from organizers and industry representatives.
• How has the pandemic changed the mining industry in the Russian Federation? What will never be the same in the industry?
• How did the major players in the industry come to the open innovation model?
• How did MineTech 2021 fit into companies' strategies and innovation processes?
• What did the applicants of the Program go through, what did they get in the end?
• What have the industry representatives emphasized for themselves?
• What questions remain open. Wishes to the market, partners and participants of MineTech 2022.