Resource efficiency of metallurgical production

Abstract

The balanced development of the world community in the next decade implies achievement of sustainable development goals by increasing the efficiency of resources utilization in the economic, social and environmental spheres of human activity. Within the framework of globalization processes, which inevitably affect the national economic, social and environmental agenda, the last two spheres are becoming increasingly important. The main measures of the state national policy of the Russian Federation are aimed at solving social and economic problems that ensure realization of the right of every person to a favorable environment. Timely solution of the problems of social and environmental well-being, as indicators of the life quality of population, is a priority task of the state authorities of the regions together with the top management of city-forming enterprises that bear major social and environmental burden. Increase in the resources utilization efficiency is of particular importance in regions with a dominant location of metallurgical production. Atmosphere and water pollution, a high level of occupational morbidity and injuries caused by equipment wear and safety violations at production facilities, the prevalence of mortality over births, an intensive migration outflow of the population, depreciation of engineering infrastructure with simultaneously growing industrial output reflect the imbalance in situation of the metallurgical region, delay its sustainable development. The conducted scientific research made it possible to develop a system of indicators for assessing the resource efficiency of metallurgical production with their grouping by development components. It makes possible for the management to evaluate the contribution of each set of components to the resulting value, propose measures and guidelines for optimizing coefficients, identify business competitiveness growth factors, determine investment targets, and also demonstrate to the world community the transformation of production and economic activities of companies in accordance with global trends in resource conservation and sustainability.