Development of a Rental Mechanism for Reducing the Technogenic Risks in the Coal Industry

Abstract

Abstract The article examines reducing the technogenic risks in the coal industry by differentiating the withdrawal of mountain rents from mining enterprises of different types (cuts and mines). It is shown that the general level of the technogenic risks when using the open method of extraction is not inferior to the underground one. Consequently, the increase in the specific gravity of this method in the coal mining structure increases technogenic risks and requires protection from them. The purpose of the article is to develop a technical and economic mechanism capable of removing mining differential rent for coal mines in order to improve the balance of the production structure. The methodology of the study is based on the of use correlation-regression, factor analysis, expert assessments. The value of the differential mining rent arising in the Russian coal industry is determined using an open mining method in comparison with an underground mine method. The ratio of man-made risks and the value of mountain rents are estimated using different mining methods. A mechanism has been developed for the withdrawal of differential rent cuts, supplementing the existing model of the tax on the extraction of minerals. The possibilities of using a collection or a target payment for the use of an open coal mining method are shown to protect against the corresponding technogenic risks, to compensate for the accumulated damage.