Development of the mining complex of the Russian Far East

Abstract

One of the competitive advantages of the Russian Far East is the presence of the largest reserves of natural resources in the Russian Federation: 81% of diamond reserves, 51% of forests, 37% of fresh water, 33% of aquatic biological resources, 44% of gold, 27% of gas and 17% of oil. It also occupies a unique economic and geographical position in the Russian Federation and in the Asia-Pacific region. Despite this, the region is characterized by an unsatisfactory state of economic development. The article discusses the mining complex of the Far East of the Russian Federation, the region is defined as a “resource-type problem region”. Specific real-time current problems and the corresponding imperatives (orders, imperatives) of effective activity are formulated. It is concluded that the successful overcoming of these problems is associated with the need to form a complex of high-tech industries based on the use of mineral resources of the Far East. It is required to implement inter-sectoral cooperation and apply a new (expedient) concept of organization and spatial distribution of the productive forces of the mining industry - processing industries for raw materials” - in contrast to the currently used inappropriate concept - “raw materials for processing industries”.