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Operating effi ciency improvement of the Russian company MMC Norilsk Nickel will be determined by the extended involvement in production of both new geogenic off-balance ores from combine deposits and previously accumulated technogenic mineral raw materials-metallized rock mass dumps and sand tailings. This article proposes a complex program of technological initiative in the sphere of mineral resource usage, and justifi es eff ective measures aimed at developing the city-forming mining and metallurgical industry.

The copper ore mining in Bor was started at the beginning of the twentieth century. Parallel to this, the ore smelting was carried out in the first period. After construction of the Flotation Plant (1934), the ore dressing was performed and obtaining the concentrate of copper and precious metals. Until the 60's of the last century, the ore processing, obtained from exploitation from the copper deposits Bor (the Old Open Pit and underground mine Jama Bor), was carried out. After this period of ore obtained from the Bor mine, the ore from the deposit Lipa, Cerovo (Mali Krivelj) was also processed. Technogenic waste of flotation was obtained as by-product of this process by flotation that was disposed from 1934 to 1980 in the area of the Old Flotation Tailing Dump in Bor (Field 1 and Field 2). Based on the previous geological explorations in the mentioned zone, the increased copper contents were indicated in the subject area. The implementation of detailed geological explorations would evaluate the potentiality of the area, in order to review the possibilities of raw material leaching, as well as solving a serious environmental problem in the center of the town of Bor.

It is shown that the improvement of the environmental situation at the sites of mountain sites is achieved through the implementation of planning activities that include: the organization of storm sewers to collect surface and filtered through the dumps of water, supply them to the mine waters treatment plant; isolation of the surface of the dumps by the soil and vegetation layer, which prevents dust emission and migration of radionuclides from the effects of precipitation; recultivation of contaminated radionuclides in the process of production activities of local areas with a total area of 20 thousand m2. Rehabilitation measures to minimize negative effects on the environment and human health from the effects of radiation and other polluting factors have been scientifically substantiated, developed and implemented.

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