Processing of technogenic formations within the framework of the formation of a circular economy

Abstract

Relevance. Formation of a circular economy assumes a special place among the new realities that fundamentally affect new technological trends in industrial development. Although the concept of this economy is at the stage of formation, many developed countries, primarily the EU countries, necessarily include it in the most important strategic documents for the development of their countries provisions related to the key principles of a circular economy. The strategic planning system in Russia also includes documents based on the use of individual principles of this economy, contains the development and use of possible mechanisms for integrating the requirements of low-waste and low-carbon development into a circular economy. The industrial development of the country has a special influence on the process of transformation of a linear economy into a circular one, the greening of which is largely associated with solving the problem of processing industrial waste. The decisive role in their formation belongs to the country’s mining and metallurgical complex. To date, numerous technological processes for the complex processing of technogenic resources have been developed; there are investment projects in this area. However, there is no modern methodological toolkit for assessing their effectiveness, taking into account the sharply changing world and national conditions, economic conditions. The purpose of the work is to form a methodological approach to assessing the ecological and economic efficiency of processing technogenic formations of mining and metallurgical industries. Methods of research. The methodological basis of the study is a functional approach that allows taking into account the rapidly changing economic conditions. The research methodology is based on the basic provisions of the methodology of real options. Results. A comparative assessment of the formation and processing of wastes from mining and metallurgical production in Russia and the Urals is carried out. A methodological approach to assessing the socio-economic efficiency of processing technogenic resources has been formed. A classification system for the conditions of real options is proposed for assessing the efficiency of processing of technogenic raw materials. Conclusions. The results of the study confirm the feasibility of using the proposed methodological toolkit for assessing the efficiency of processing technogenic resources of various industries. The formed system of classification of the conditions of real options for assessing the efficiency of processing of technogenic raw materials creates the possibility of choosing optimal management decisions.