The article presents the study of the main integration processes in the metallurgical industry in Russia and Kazakhstan in the context of business transformation, as well as demonstrates the key risks under current conditions and the main problems. Promising areas in the development of integration between the two countries have been formed in the course of the research.

The issues of increasing the energy efficiency of the city-forming organizations of ferrous metallurgy are considered in this paper. Ferrous metallurgy is characterized by a high concentration of city-forming organizations, high social significance, and high energy intensity. The paper studies the issues of energy consumption of the city-forming organizations of ferrous metallurgy, highlights the directions for increasing the efficiency of the use of energy resources.

The paper is devoted to topical issues of the formation and development of an effective economic policy for managing the infrastructure of a single-industry town with the priorities of using the “smart city” concept. The purpose of the paper is to form a system of integrated management tools for the strategic development of a single-industry town, taking into account modern digitalization mechanisms of socio-economic systems. Particular attention is paid to the diversification of the development of single-industry towns, from revising the emphasis of the economic role from city-forming enterprises to small and medium-sized businesses, social sphere of single-industry towns, sectors of the economy focused on human resources and human capital. The main research methods were comparison, analogy, analysis and synthesis, systematic approach, forecasting method, induction and deduction methods, statistical method, hypothesis design method. The results of scientific research can find practical application at regional levels in the development of strategic programs for the development of single-industry towns, which are focused on the application of innovations and new technologies.

This paper discusses the place and role of metallurgical clusters in the development of environmental engineering. The paper is based on research materials on the development of environmental engineering and the features of the functioning of metallurgical clusters. The paper studies the development of ferrous metallurgy, development trends, and developmental features of city-forming organizations of ferrous metallurgy. The main existing areas for development of metallurgical clusters and the relevance of environmental engineering development are shown.

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