Resource Economics

The new wave of technological innovations for sustainable development of geotechnical systems

“…Nevertheless mining complex functioning on the principles of sustainable development is associated with unprecedented conditions: the increasing of mining operations depth; the reduction of large-scale deposits of solid minerals with high quality of raw materials; the decrease of valuable components of in the content in ore and increase of harmful impurities; the increase of rebellious ore share; the accumulation of large volumes technogenic formations, comparable to volume of accumulated metals with of promising deposit reserves; the displacement of mineral resource development sites in hard-to-reach areas with undeveloped infrastructure and unfavorable natural and climatic conditions; the leaving of significant volumes of natural and man-made reserves in the depths of the Earth located in complex technogenically altered geomechanical, gas-hydrodynamic and mine technical conditions; the growth of the requirements to the quality of products by the world market; the increase in specific energy costs and others. In this connection sustainable development should be understood not only as a classic definition, implying such a kind of development that allows to ensure the existence of society without threatening to future generations to meet their needs [14][15][16][17][18]. Sustainable development of mining complex should be understood as a set of strategic initiatives to ensure the exploitation of each developing subsoil area for indefinite period time on the basis of the initial design in the stages of transition to a new technological structure of field development.…”