On the Environmental and Economic Problems of Russian Mineral Extracting Clusters<bold> </bold>

The specialists in subsoil resources refer the mining sector to primary industries and consider it the basis of the extractive industry. Its structure includes the branches engaged in extraction, processing and enrichment of ore, nonmetallic and fuel minerals. The authors analyze the current problems of mining regions in Russia, substantiate the need for new approaches to the processes of resource-and-industrial and innovative development. They identify mechanisms for increasing the efficiency of labor resources use, conclude that the state regulation of the country's mineral and raw materials complex is aimed at increasing the share of deep processing in export and reduction of import dependence.<bold> </bold>