Background. The generalization of available information on the volumes of mineral resource waste accumulated in Russia and its use presents a relevant research task. In this regard, an analysis of the current level of use of accumulated mineral resource waste, as well as existing approaches to stimulating the involvement of that waste in economic circulation, is required.Aim. To substantiate the introduction of adequate and working mechanisms that would stimulate activities for the implementation of projects in the field of mineral resource waste management.Materials and methods. The present study is based on a systematic analysis of the current Russian regulatory framework in the field of the management of mineral resource waste, relevant scientific publications, as well as the data from the State reports “On the state and protection of the environment of the Russian Federation”.Results. The level of use of the accumulated mineral resource waste, despite its high resource potential, is two times lower than that in economically developed countries. An analysis of the reasons behind the low level of involvement of various types of mineral resource waste in economic circulation is provided. These reasons include the presence of administrative barriers in obtaining the right to use mineral resource waste and the lack of tax benefits and preferences, as well as the absence of mechanisms for obtaining preferential loans for mineral resource users implementing projects for the processing of such waste. The need to improve the current procedure for obtaining the right to use mineral resource waste objects by introducing a relative declarative is indicated. An analysis of the current mechanisms of tax incentives, guarantee, leasing and financial support for companies implementing projects for processing mineral resource waste is carried out. The insufficiency of these mechanisms and the need to provide additional tax benefits and preferences to such entrepreneurs is pointed out, including the introduction of differentiated MET (mineral extraction tax) rates. In addition, the possibility of using “green” financing mechanisms to stimulate the implementation of projects for the processing of man-made deposits, attracting “long” and “cheap” credit resources in the Russian and international debt financing markets, is analysed.Conclusion. Stimulating mechanisms for the implementation of projects in the field of mineral resource waste management are proposed, providing for the introduction of a simplified (declarative) procedure for granting small and medium-sized businesses the right to use mineral resource plots represented by man-made objects without bidding and one-time payments, as well as a differentiated approach to the collection of mineral extraction tax in the development of man-made deposits, and the use of “green” financing approaches to attracting concessional credit resources for the implementation of such projects.

The information available on the volume and resource potential of subsoil use waste accumulated in the territory of Russia is generalized. The majority of the subsoil use waste is the result of activities of now closed mines and processing plants. The expert evaluations of the resource potential of different-kind subsoil use waste are presented. It is emphasized that the level of geological studies of subsoil use waste is low, the factual information on such waste is incomplete, and it is necessary to initiate and compose a unified national cadastre of subsoil use waste. It is required to undertake large-scale geological studies of the accumulated subsoil use waste in order to evaluate their resource potential and environmental impact. The indicated problems preventing commercial-scale processing of subsoil use waste include contradictions of the effective legislation and taxation in the subsoil use waste management. The measures aimed to improve the national policy in the sphere of subsoil use waste management are proposed, including foundation of a special federal agency for subsoil use waste management and shaping of an integrated management system encompassing all life stages of such waste.

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The analysis of the application of the program-target method in the labor protection management in coal-mining regions was carried out.Program documents (state programs, sub-programs within state programs, actions for improvement of working conditions) for coal-mining regions have a number of features caused by concentration in their territory of the enterprises with the increased level of production risks. So, in the Kemerovo region the average Russian indicator is exceeded in the share of employed at works with harmful and (or) dangerous working conditions by 1.8 times , in the level of occupational injuries by 2.1 times, (including those fatal by 1.6 times), and in the level of professional incidence by 8.5 times. In the context of the financing and the list of the actions realized within the framework of the relevant program documents the main attention (in those documents) is given to proactive measures directed to preventing occupational morbidity from industrial injuries.

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