Innovation activity of northern mining enterprises as the most important factor of reducing the impact on the environment

Russian mining enterprises operating in the regions of the North and the Arctic have a negative impact on the environment. Therefore, for the implementation of the “green” revolution it is necessary to develop and implement technological innovations. The aim of the work is a qualitative analysis of the innovation activity level of the mining enterprises of the northern regions. It is shown that the innovation activity of the majority of northern mining enterprises is low. Implementation of the innovation technologies for the exploitation and processing of mineral resources allow to decrease the material intensity of production and reduce the waste volume. Based on the use of a new methodological approach a quantitative assessment of the innovation activity level of three Russian corporations (JSC Olcon, JSC Karelsky Okatysh, PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel) and the Swedish company Boliden Group was carried out. With the absence in Russia of an effective system for stimulating the innovation activity of enterprises including mining a procedure for each enterprise to develop its own strategy of innovation development in order to activate their innovation activity is proposed. The formation of such strategies will show on the one hand to identify the possibilities of enterprises to achieve high values of target indicators but on the other hand will determine the expediency and possibility of state financial support.

Zharov V. S., Tsukerman V. A., Zharov N. V., Ivanov S. V. Innovation activity of northern mining enterprises as the most important factor of reducing the impact on the environment. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2022;(10-2):95—104. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_ 1493_2022_102_0_95.

Zharov V. S.^1,2, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Professor, Chief Researcher, e-mail: zharov_vs@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1877-9214,
Tsukerman V. A.¹, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Associate Professor, Leading Researcher, e-mail: tsukerman@iep.kolasc.net.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0844-1180;
Zharov N. V.¹, Junior Researcher, e-mail: nikzh-85@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9459-1723;
Ivanov S. V.¹, Researcher, e-mail: ivanov@iep.kolasc.net.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9141-3211;
¹ G. P.Luzin Institute of Economic Problems of the Federal Research Center “Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, 184209, Apatity, Russia.
² Branch of Murmansk Arctic State University in Apatity, 184209, Apatity, Russia.

Zharov V. S., e-mail: zharov_vs@mail.ru.

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