Kuzbass in the context of strategic challenges: coal chemistry as a solution to economic problems

Kryukov, V. A.; Fridman, Yuri; Маркова, Виталия Михайловна; Rechko, N.G.; Loginova, E. V.

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1749/1/012043

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“…The fourth issue that deserves attention is the practical failure to create a coal-chemical cluster in Kuzbass as a large coal consumer, coal production driver, and a general driver of long-term regional economic growth [7]. The problem lies in business and the government's lack of interest in this industry.…”

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Balancing resources, demand, new challenges, and risks: what is next for the coal industry of Kuzbass

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The article gives an overview of the main external and internal challenges currently facing the coal industry and thus defining where the economy of Kemerovo Oblast – Kuzbass (a key coal-mining center in Russia) is heading. We claim the fourth energy transition as the most important among such challenges, whose basic paradigm is global economic and, in particular, energy systems decarbonization. Countries striving for a low-carbon economy chose coal as their primary target; for instance, Western Europe expects to exit coal-fired power generation by 2030–2035. Experts do not rule out that the world coal market will depend on China and India, the two emerging economies, in the foreseeable future. In this regard, the competitiveness of its coal products compared to solid fuel producers from Eastern Siberia and the Far East is becoming very important for Kuzbass: rivals are ready to supply higher-quality and logistically less expensive coal to the Asia-Pacific markets. In view of the fact that the idea of creating a coal-chemical cluster in Kemerovo Oblast as a long-term driver for the region’s economy has turned out to be untenable, it is now up against the task of forming a new economic doctrine of relations between the coal industry and Kuzbass. We believe it should rest upon the following idea: resources (including coal) have an enormous social and economic value. However, it is only possible to exercise this idea on the principles of harmonized development.

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“…Since the beginning of the 2000s the authorities of the Kemerovo region promoted the idea of creating a coal chemistry cluster in the region with the aim of organizing the production of high value-added products from coal on the territory of Kuzbass. However, the lack of active interest of business and the state in the coal chemistry industry, as well as the low competitiveness of coal in comparison with oil and gas as raw materials for the production of a wide range of chemical products, cast doubt on the possibility of rapid development of the Kuzbass coal chemistry cluster, and therefore, in general, the option of modernization the regional economy through the coal chemistry reloading of the coal industry [14].…”

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“…In terms of many indicators of the business environment, Kuzbass (the Kemerovo Region) today is inferior to the average level in Russia and a number of neighboring Siberian regions. The peculiarity of the Kemerovo Region is that the coal industry is still the most efficient both in terms of the level of production of gross value added (GVA) and other indicators of development efficiency (financial performance, capital intensity, budget effectiveness per job) [1].…”

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Coal cluster as a structural factor in the development of Kuzbass

2021

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The article contains the results of the analysis of dynamics and structural transformations of employment and production of gross value added (GVA), carried out by the authors on the material of Kuzbass. The study was carried out using the shift-share analysis for 2007–2018. We can state that the employment dynamics, which was negative during this period, was determined primarily by regional factors. The dynamics of GVA was influenced by national (positive) and regional (negative) factors. The contribution of structural shifts to the growth of GVA over the past decade was negative and insignificant, and the decline in the number of employed occurred with a scarcely changed employment pattern. The coal cluster remains the core of the Kuzbass economy and retains the status of its most efficient sector – there are no obvious candidates for the role of a new leader. Meanwhile, the high dependence of the coal industry on external macroeconomic conditions, fluctuations in world markets, makes the strategic outlook of the entire region's economy vulnerable and unstable. Therefore, it is important to find and implement such model of the socio-economic transformation of Kuzbass, which will help protect and ensure the stability of the region for decades to come.

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“…According to scientists from the Kemerovo Region -Kuzbass and Siberia, by 2018 the situation in the region had significantly deteriorated compared to 2008, and the stability of the economy decreased. In particular, ecological, demographic problems, problems in the field of nature management have worsened [15]. Adjusted net savings in the region were negative, with economic growth driven largely by the exploitation of natural resources.…”

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Comparative assessment of the regional strategies commitment to sustainable development goals

2021

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Sustainable development of the region is possible only if there is a development strategy focused on the goals and principles of sustainability. The purpose of the study is to develop a methodology for assessing the adherence of regional strategies to the principles of sustainable development and to test it. The methodology includes an analysis of the occurrence of keywords (descriptors) related to the essence and goals of sustainable development, comparative analysis, the use of the Wilcoxon T–test to assess the statistical significance of differences. The materials for the study are three options for the development strategy of the Kemerovo Region – Kuzbass for 2008, 2018, 2020. The results of the study showed that the commitment to sustainable development is growing. The occurrence of the corresponding descriptors increased by 40–50% during the development of a new version of the strategy. The 2018 version put more emphasis on good health and well–being, quality education, clean water, and responsible consumption and production compared to the previous version. In the 2020 version, the frequency of occurrence of descriptors related to water, responsible consumption and production, and the fight against climate change increased. Changes in the overall occurrence of sustainable development descriptors and the relationship between individual goals are explained by two reasons. The first reason is changes in the objective socio–economic situation in the region, such as an aging population or increased dependence on one industry (coal industry). The second factor is the change in the methodology used for developing the strategy. The use of strategy theory and strategy methodology allows you to balance the relationship between different goals of sustainable development.

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Kuzbass in the context of strategic challenges: coal chemistry as a solution to economic problems

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Balancing resources, demand, new challenges, and risks: what is next for the coal industry of Kuzbass

Balancing resources, demand, new challenges, and risks: what is next for the coal industry of Kuzbass

Coal cluster as a structural factor in the development of Kuzbass

Comparative assessment of the regional strategies commitment to sustainable development goals

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