Date and place of birth: March 15, 1934, Karasaz Shet district, Karaganda Region, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.

Affiliation: Head of Open Pit Mining Department, Satbaev Kazakh National Technical University, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan.

Academic degree/rank: Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Professor.

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5445-070X

Scopus ID: 6603178936

 Education and skills:

• Kazakh Mining and Metallurgical Institute (1957);
• Candidate of Science degree in engineering (1964);
• Doctor of Science degree in engineering at the Moscow Mining Institute (1978);
• Professor (1981);
• Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1983).

Research and professional development:

• Head of Shift, Production Foreman, Mine Manager, Kounrad Mine, Balkhash Mining and Metallurgical Plant (1957–1965);
• Senior Lecturer (1965), Associate Professor (1966–1976), Head of Theoretical Mechanics Department (1977–1987) and Head of Open Pit Mining Department (since 1988) at the Kazakh Polytechnic Institute;
• Head of Laboratory for New Methods of Physical Destruction of Rocks and Head of Drilling and Blasting Technology Laboratory at the Kazakh Polytechnic Institute (1980–1993);
• Dean of the Automatics and Computer Engineering Faculty (1967–1974);
• Vice-rector of the Kazakh Polytechnic Institute (1980);
• Rector of the Kazakh Polytechnic Institute (1985–1992).

 Academic and professional communities:

• Full member of the Kazakhstan People’s Academy Ecology (1996);
• Full member of the Russian Academy of Mining Sciences (1996);
• Full Member of the National Academy of Higher School of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2002);
• Full member and Academician of the Kazakh National Academy of Sciences (2003).

R&D projects: R&D project manager within the framework of the government supported programs in mining sciences.

Author of more than 600 publications, including monographs:

• Prediction of process parameters of blasted rocks in surface mines (1983);
• Technology and equipment of granite block production (1989);
• Special-purpose drilling in frozen rock (1993);
• Energy intake of rock disintegration (1998);
• Position finding of disturbance sources in rock mass (2002);
• Open pit mining systems and technologies (2003);
• Geotechnical control of mineral quality (2009);
• Rock mass structure and nondeformability (2011);
• Resource-saving technologies for open pit coal mines (2012);
• Process well construction technology and equipment (2013).

Awards:

• USSR Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1986);
• Honored Worker of Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2004);
• Winner of the Satbaev Prize of the Kazakhstan Government.

The main publications: 

• Rakishev B. R., Orynbay A. A., Mussakhan A. B., Tuktibayev A. I. Computer-aided design of rational parameters for the location of blasthole charges in horizontal underground development. Mining Technology: Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2022, 131(1), pp. 25-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/25726668.2021.1977903;
• Rakishev B. R. Geotechnology: Key concepts and interrelations. Gornyi Zhurnal = Mining Journal, 2021, (10), pp. 71-75. https://doi.org/10.17580/gzh.2021.10.08;
• Rakishev B. R., Orynbay A. A., Musakhan A. B., Toleuov K. A. Justification of cylindrical entry cut geometry in underground mine gallery. Mining Informational and Analytical Bulletin, 2021 (12), pp. 31-46. https://doi.org/10.25018/0236_1493_2021_12_0_31;
• Rakishev B. R., Yazikov E. G., Mataev M. M., Kenzhetaev Z. S. Studies of uranium leaching from core sample in tubes using an oxidizer. Gornyi Zhurnal = Mining Journal, 2021, (9), pp. 84-89. https://doi.org/10.17580/gzh.2021.09.14;
• Rakishev B., Rakisheva Z. B., Auezova A. M., Orynbay A. A. Digital hierarchical model of lumpiness of blasted rock mass. Mining Technology: Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2020, 129(4), 228-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/25726668.2020.1838775;
• Rakishev B., Rakisheva Z., Auezova A., Orynbay Ð. Automated determination of internal points of the coordinate grid of the blasted rock mass. In: E3S Web of Conferences, 2020, 168, 00015. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202016800015;
• Rakishev B., Kenzhetayev Z., Shampikova A., Toktaruly B. Increasing of filtration characteristics of ore bodies in borehole uranium mining. In: E3S Web of Conferences, 2020, 168, 00014. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202016800014;
• Rakishev B. R. Generation of Granulometric Composition of Broken Rocks in Fragmentation by Bench Blasting. Journal of Mining Science, 2020, 56(1), 36-46. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739120016466;
• Rakishev B. R. Classification of open pit mining technologies. Mining Informational and Analytical Bulletin, 2020, (3), 5-15. https://doi.org/10.25018/0236-1493-2020-3-0-5-15;
• Rakishev B. R., Rakisheva Z. B., Orynbay A. A. Computer-aided creation of coordinate grid for blasted rock block. Mining Informational and Analytical Bulletin, 2020, (8), 40-51. https://doi.org/10.25018/0236-1493-2020-8-0-40-51;
• Rakishev B. R., Matayev M. M., Kenzhetayev Z. S., Shampikova A. H., Toktaruly B. Innovative methods for intensifying borehole production of uranium in ores with low filtration characteristics. News of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Series of Geology and Technical Sciences, 2020, 6(444), 213-219. https://doi.org/10.32014/2020.2518-170X.149;
• Rakishev B., Mataev M., Altaybayev B., Shampikova A., Kenzhetaev Z. Research into leaching of uranium from core samples in tubes using surfactants. Mining of Mineral Deposits, 2020, 14(4), 97-104. https://doi.org/10.33271/mining14.04.097;
• Rakishev B. R. Mining, metallurgy and development of civilization. Gornyi Zhurnal = Mining Journal, 2019, (9), 33-37. https://doi.org/10.17580/gzh.2019.09.06;
• Rakishev B. R. Development of the Bozshakol and Aktogay copper ore deposits in Kazakhstan. Gornyi Zhurnal = Mining Journal, 2019, (1), 89-92. https://doi.org/10.17580/gzh.2019.01.18;
• Rakishev B. R., Bоndаrenkо V. I., Mаtayev M. М., Kenzhetayev Z. S. Influence of chemical reagent complex on intensification of uranium well extraction. Naukovyi Visnyk Natsionalnoho Hirnychoho Universytetu, 2019, (6), 25-30. https://doi.org/10.29202/nvngu/2019-6/4;
• Rakishev B. R., Orynbay A. A., Auezova A. M., Kuttybaev A. E. Grain size composition of broken rocks under different conditions of blasting. Mining Informational and Analytical Bulletin, 2019, (8), 83-94. https://doi.org/10.25018/0236-1493-2019-08-0-83-94;
• Sładkowski A., Utegenova A., Kuzmin S., Rakishev B., Stolpovskikh I. Energy advantages of container transport technology in deep careers. Naukovyi Visnyk Natsionalnoho Hirnychoho Universytetu, 2019, (5), 29-34. https://doi.org/10.29202/nvngu/2019-5/3;
• Rakishev B. R. New large open pit copper mines in Kazakhstan. Mining Informational and Analytical Bulletin, 2018, (4), 5-14. https://doi.org/10.25018/0236-1493-2018-4-0-5-14;
• Rakishev B. R., Krupnik L. A. Training of specialists for mining industry in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Gornyi Zhurnal = Mining Journal, 2018, (6), 88-92. https://doi.org/10.17580/gzh.2018.06.18;
• Rakishev B. R., Shashenko A. N., Kovrov A. S. Trends of the rock failure conceptions development. News of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Series of Geology and Technical Sciences, 2018, 6(432), 161-169. https://doi.org/10.32014/2018.2518-170X.46;
• Rakishev B. R., Auezova A. M., Kazangapov A. E. Hierarchical rock mass structure models. Mining Informational and Analytical Bulletin, 2018, (4), 128-138. https://doi.org/10.25018/0236-1493-2018-4-0-128-138;
• Rakishev B. R. Technological resources for improving the quality and completeness of use of the mineral raw materials. News of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Series of Geology and Technical Sciences, 2017, 2(422), 116-124;
• Rakishev B. R., Shampikova, A. H., Kazangapov A. E. Geometric features of different parts lost in the collapse of the blasted rock. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 2016, 11(21), 10447-10453;
• Shashenko O., Kovrov O., Rakishev B. Failure criteria for structurally heterogeneous materials. Mining of Mineral Deposits, 2016, 10(3), 84-89. https://doi.org/10.15407/mining10.03.084;
• Kovrov O., Babiy K., Rakishev B., Kuttybayev A. Influence of watering filled-up rock massif on geomechanical stability of the cyclic and progressive technology line. Mining of Mineral Deposits, 2016, 10(2), 55-63. https://doi.org/10.15407/mining10.02.055.