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This study aimed to identify the level and extent of use of environmental management principles (45 principles) in the productive and economic activities of mining enterprises, in normative and reference documents, in scientific articles and monographs related to the problem of natural resource economy of Yakutia. The paper presents the questionnaire drawn up to obtain expert assessments for examining the use of environmental management principles in research and practice. The experts were scientists and specialis...

The article discusses possible ways to increase the potential of small-scale mining of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Currently, their share in the structure of the country-s mining sector does not exceed 1-2 percent, compared with 15-30 percent in a number of foreign countries. The article shows that for the development of small-scale mining in the region, having a large number of different potential small-scale deposits, there is a need to develop a scientifically based concept of their use, with changes in a ...

The article analyzes the mineral and raw material base of coal deposits of the Arctic zone of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), all of them were explored in the Soviet time in the middle of 40-50 years. The paper presents a comparative characteristic of the geographic and economic, mining and geological and geotechnological conditions of coal deposits in the basins of north rivers Jana and Indigirka. The qualitative characteristics of the coals have been studied, which showed that from the point of view of consumer...

The article analyzes the main problems associated with the import of fuel and energy resources to the Arctic regions of Yakutia. The article considers existing multi-link schemes of fuel delivery to the final consumer, the main disadvantages of which are significant transportation time and a large share of logistics costs as well as environmental impact on northern rivers (Lena, Kolyma, Indigirka). High transport costs are shown to increase cost per ton of fuel and energy resources by 3-5 times. The paper shows th...

The paper presents a detailed review of ore and alluvial gold mineral raw material base of North East of Yakutia and estimates the economic efficiency of development of gold deposits not involved in the exploitation. Research methods: analysis and comparison, qualitative and quantitative features of the mineral raw material base of Yakutia, formed and replenished databases on a number of deposits of the region; methods of analogy, economic-statistical, methods of system analysis and decision support, evaluation of...