Objective method for analysis of mineral resources supply on the example of Russia

2022 ◽  
pp. 6-21
Author(s):  
Irina Egorova ◽  
Boris Mikhailov
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Gold Deposits ◽  
Current Level ◽  
Objective Method ◽  
Geological Exploration ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Gold Production ◽  
Mineral Production ◽  
Nickel Lead

A forecast of nonfuel mineral production in Russia is considered, based on the integration of the expected life of specific deposits currently exploited and developed. It is shown that mineral safety is fully ensured for copper, nickel, lead, tungsten and tin, whose reserves are sufficient for their extraction, at least at the current level, for 40–50 years and there are real prospects for its significant growth. The sufficiency of other minerals is much lower: for molybdenum and chromium, it is limited to about 30 years, and the extraction of zinc and uranium in Russia may significantly decrease in 20 years. The situation is more difficult with the most liquid solid minerals, like gold and diamonds. The commissioning of mining enterprises at the developed gold deposits can ensure a rapid growth in the production of the precious metal in the coming years. However, at the beginning of the next decade, the resource base depletion of the Olimpiada field and a number of other exploited deposits is predicted. The projects currently implemented for the development of new fields do not compensate for the lost capacity. This may account for a long-term (until the beginning of the 2050s) decline in the Russian gold production, which may be halved against the current level by the end of this period. Such a scenario can only be avoided with the intensification of geological exploration in the coming years. The earlier decrease in the number of diamonds mined in Russia, associated with the depletion of reserves of exploited pipes, is predicted (since 2025). Unless new deposits are discovered and developed, the domestic production of precious stones will steadily decline and, in the 2040s, may be reduced fourfold.

scholarly journals STRATEGIC ASPECTS OF DIVERSIFICATION AND MODERNIZATION IN THE ECONOMY OF SINGLE-INDUSTRY SETTLEMENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-145
Author(s):  
А. Севастьянова ◽  
A. Sevastyanova
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Single Industry ◽  
Industry Affiliation ◽  
Effective Development

<p>The current research features approaches to solving the problems associated with a decline in the development of old industrial sectors in single-industry towns (monocities, or monocommunities). The target of the study is to show the necessity of strategic approach and interaction of all management levels. Particular attention is paid to resource-dependent communities. Enterprises of mineral resources sector have limits of effective development, associated with gradual depletion of their resource base. Diversification and modernization of the economy of resource-dependent communities are logically linked to a timely achieving of strategic objectives to ensure their long-term sustainable development. Strategic aspects are also important for development planning in the sphere of new raw material deposits. A comprehensive analysis should help avoid the risks of creating new monocommunities with a poor prospect of long-term development. The article includes an analysis of international experience of Germany, Canada, and China. It is shown that a progress in solving the problems of company towns heavily depends on a strategic partnership between the federal, the regional, and the municipal governments, as well as on their collaboration with business. A conclusion is made that a uniform strategy for the development of various single-industry towns does not exist. The choice of the way of the development for each particular monotown is determined<br />by its socio-economic characteristics. Among those, remoteness or proximity to large urban agglomerations, industry affiliation and prospects for the development of the cityforming<br />enterprise, opportunities for economic diversification, investment potential and opportunities for attracting investors are of paramount importance. The process of positive changes, as a rule, is slow and complicated. Thence, it is important to justify the purpose and ways to achieve it. As a rule, extrapolation methods do not work in this case</p>

Federally funded precious metals exploration in the 21st century: results and prospects

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
Anatoly Ivanov ◽  
Alexander Chernykh ◽  
Evgeny Naumov ◽  
Alexey Volchkov ◽  
Danila Kulikov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Precious Metal ◽  
Precious Metals ◽  
Current Level ◽  
Federally Funded ◽  
Gold Production ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Near Term

The paper highlights the location of precious metal deposits within the Russian Federation planned for federally funded exploration within Russia and its subjects during 2003-2024, as well as its funding dynamics; it also presents resources approved as a result of exploration and shows federally funded exploration areas for the near term. The conclusion is validated that supporting gold production at the current level in the mid- to long-term requires both enhancing prospecting activities and launching federally funded forecasting-mineragenetic works to localize promising areas containing potential resources.

REPRODUCTION OF THE MINERAL – RAW MATERIAL BASE PROBLEMS IN THE REPUBLIC SRPSKA

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksej Milošević ◽  
Ranko Cvijić
Keyword(s):  
Essential Element ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Material Base ◽  
Geological Exploration ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Mineral Raw Material ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Basic Characteristics

The Strategy for the management and utilization of mineral resources of the Republic Srpska includes inevitably the mineral resource base as an essential element of material and social development, and it is one of the significant reliance forms on its own suorces in achieving economic development. In this sense, geological exploration, like an important activity in providing mineral resources for the development of the economy of the Republic Srpska, has not been given adequate attention since the 1990 and has not been systematically conducted at all. The practice of the surrounding countries, and also in the earlier period, in these regions was such that geological exploration were treated adequately with the importance of mineral resources and, accordingly, funds were provided for their financing by the state and also by users of mineral resources. Today, there are no systematic geological surveys in the Republic Srpska and no systematic sources for their financing. The geological research activity in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the former Yugoslavia, throughout the earlier period, was characterized by relatively good organization and coherence of the research program. Due to this, many remarkable results have been achieved, which justify the realized investments in many ways. The paper presents the basic characteristics of the mineral raw material base of the Republic Srpska, as then an analysis of inefficiency and stagnation in the research was done, and finally suggestions are given the necessary activities to improve the present situation.

scholarly journals On the geological and economic assessment of the Lower Amur region (Russia)

2020 ◽  
Vol 192 ◽  
pp. 03013
Author(s):  
Viktor Kryukov ◽  
Irina Kradenykh
Keyword(s):  
Gold Mining ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
The Past ◽  
Steady Growth ◽  
Mineral Wealth

The development of regional economy is based on medium and long-term strategies (programs) for economic industrialization. These documents are of a sectoral or integrated nature. Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and Kamchatka Territory have a scientifically substantiated strategy for the development of the mining industry. Despite its absence in Khabarovsk Territory, subsoil use in recent years has shown a steady growth in mining. The main volume of income comes from gold mining mainly in the northern and central parts of the region. Over the past 10 years, the most economically advantageous and geographically accessible minerals have been identified in the region. These include: coal, gold, platinum, tin, construction materials, groundwater. In the future, it is necessary to plan the development of copper-porphyry, alunite and polymetallic fields. The issues of increasing the resource base of liquid and strategic metals, formation of infrastructure, complexity of the use of mineral wealth and rational use of mineral resources remain problematic. A positive solution to problems is possible when developing and implementing an industry strategy. The basis for its formation is the geological and economic assessment of particular territories of the region.

scholarly journals Fly Ash Utilisation in Mullite Fabrication: Development of Novel Percolated Mullite

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Pramod Koshy ◽  
Naomi Ho ◽  
Vicki Zhong ◽  
Luisa Schreck ◽  
Sandor Alex Koszo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Fly Ash ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Nucleating Agent ◽  
High Temperature Deformation ◽  
Temperature Deformation ◽  
Stable Phase ◽  
Power Stations ◽  
Firing Shrinkage

Fly ash is an aluminosilicate and the major by-product from coal combustion in power stations; its increasing volumes are major economic and environmental concerns, particularly since it is one of the largest mineral resources based on current estimates. Mullite (3Al2O3·2SiO2) is the only stable phase in the Al2O3-SiO2 system and is used in numerous applications owing to its high-temperature chemical and mechanical stabilities. Hence, fly ash offers a potential economical resource for mullite fabrication, which is confirmed by a review of the current literature. This review details the methodologies to utilise fly ash with different additives to fabricate what are described as porous interconnected mullite skeletons or dense mullite bodies of approximately stoichiometric compositions. However, studies of pure fly ash examined only high-Al2O3 forms and none of these works reported long-term, high-temperature, firing shrinkage data for these mullite bodies. In the present work, high-SiO2 fly ashes were used to fabricate percolated mullite, which is demonstrated by the absence of firing shrinkage upon long-term high-temperature soaking. The major glass component of the fly ash provides viscosities suitably high for shape retention but low enough for ionic diffusion and the minor mullite component provides the nucleating agent to grow mullite needles into a direct-bonded, single-crystal, continuous, needle network that prevents high-temperature deformation and isolates the residual glass in the triple points. These attributes confer outstanding long-term dimensional stability at temperatures exceeding 1500 °C, which is unprecedented for mullite-based compositions.

Retrospective Analysis of Geological Exploration 2010 - 2020

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Mostovoy ◽  
Ildar Safarov ◽  
Evgeniy Tumanov ◽  
Maria Zaytseva ◽  
Maksim Aksenov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The Other ◽  
Geological Exploration ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Future Production ◽  
Geological Complexity ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies ◽  
Exploration Activity

Abstract Oil and gas companies’ future production profile is shaped by their exploration strategy and resource base development. Gazprom Neft's production profile will include 40% of current exploration projects by 2030. Geological exploration, on the other hand, is a high-risk business because it involves a lot of uncertainty due to the geological complexity of the targets being explored, as well as a lot of risky capital. Taking these factors into account, the Company will need to expand its exploration function as well as its approaches to managing exploration projects in order to meet its lofty aims. To determine the key areas of growth and a strategy for the exploration function development in the coming years, it was decided to first analyze the geological exploration activity in the Company in 2010 – 2020 period. The knowledge of achievements, success stories, and development areas is the fulcrum for future victories. Therefore, retrospective analysis is an important tool for the development of any system of activity - individual, organization, or state.

scholarly journals Innovative methods of extracting the loose gold from technogenic deposits in the Irkutsk region

2018 ◽  
Vol 212 ◽  
pp. 01016
Author(s):  
Elena Golovina ◽  
Anastasia Dykusova ◽  
Maxim Zhizhelev
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Resource ◽  
Gold Mining ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Precious Metals ◽  
Gold Deposits ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Processing Technologies ◽  
Irkutsk Region ◽  
Equipment Modernization ◽  
Production Capacities

In Russia and abroad, the scope of the use of gold has significantly expanded, which undoubtedly affected the level of production. However, despite the fairly high rates of gold mining, the economic situation that has developed in recent years makes the companies look for new innovative placer processing technologies that will allow preserving and increasing the extraction of the precious metals. The search for and exploration of new placer gold deposits requires very considerable financial resources and time, and therefore the proposed project for the extraction of alluvial gold from technogenic deposits is of great importance for the functioning of the mining industry of the Irkutsk region, since it helps to overcome at least two negative trends: firstly, the deterioration of the mineral resource base, and secondly, large losses of gold with dump products (up to 50%) associated with the use of obsolete washing equipment. Modernization of production capacities and processing technologies is not only one of the main factors for increasing competitiveness in the gold mining industry and attracting investors, but will also help increasing the mineral resource base of the Irkutsk region by reassessing technogenic deposits, setting gold technogenic deposits on the balance, development of technologies for technogenic deposits and processing, and involvement of technogenic deposits in the mass processing.

scholarly journals Information and computational GIS for monitoring the natural and technical systems of placer gold deposits

2021 ◽  
Vol 895 (1) ◽  
pp. 012036
Author(s):  
V I Usikov ◽  
Y A Ozaryan
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Precious Metals ◽  
Gold Deposits ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Expert Assessment ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Placer Gold ◽  
Geological Information

Abstract It is known that nowadays one of the main problems of mining is the depletion of reserves. The researchers consider mining waste as a source of replenishment of the resource base. Disputes on the prospects for technogenic raw material processing are becoming especially relevant. The object of research chosen by the authors in this article is the technogenic neoplasms resulting from dredging and hydraulic processing of placer gold. The paper presents the results of assessing the prospects and application of the information technologies, in particular, the analysis of data from remote sensing of the Earth in the design and organization of work to involve technogenic placers in operation. It is shown that these technologies are able to increase the efficiency of work and reduce labor costs at the stage of preliminary study of potential development targets. Technogenic complexes of depleted fields are a significant reserve of the mineral resource base of gold and other precious metals. This paper presents the results of the creation of a method for expert assessment of spatial and volumetric indicators of technogenic complexes of alluvial fields and other landscape objects using remote sensing of the territory and analysis of geological information. The Kerbinsky gold-bearing region of the Khabarovsk Region was chosen as the object of research.

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