Alexey Zhura, PhD (Economics), Head of Discipline - Mining Project Valuation, IMC Montan
Aleksey is a specialist in economics and marketing of mining. He graduated from Moscow State Mining University (1997) and has a PhD (Economics) and further diplomas: Company (Business) Valuation of State University of Land Use Planning and Control; Innovation Management in Corporations of Academy of National Economy and Civil Service under the Auspices of the RF President.

Aleksey has 15 years of experience in marketing and economics of mining, Aleksey is an expert of GKZ (State Committee on Mineral Resources and Reserves) since 2007, since 2012 he is a member of the Society of Subsoil Use Experts of Russia (OERN).
Aleksey developed investment projects at Sokolovskaya Coal Mining Company and conducted thermal and coking coal market research at the Institute of Coal Market Sales Opportunities and mining equipment market research at OAO OMT and Giprouglemash.
Since 2006 Alexey has been working for IMC Montan as a consultant. For the time of his work for IMC he implemented over 70 projects in different type of minerals – coking and thermal coal, iron ore, base and precious metals etc.