METHODS OF ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ORE-MINING WASTE UTILIZATION

• Main Author: A. Fedorchenko
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives" 2013-12-01
• Series: Економіка розвитку
• Subjects: ecology; economics; evalution; wastes; reuse
• Online Access: http://www.ed.ksue.edu.ua/ER/knt/ee134_68/e134fed.pdf

The problem of economic estimation of the use of technogenic raw materials was investigated by many scientists, both in Ukraine and abroad. Previously scientists have paid attention to this problem only for the sake of "economic effect" and reducing the damage of main production. The existing methods of evaluation of resource-saving technologies do not take into account the whole spectrum of social and environmental factors affecting the results of this assessment, so the interest of considerable investments in improving the environmental safety of production was poor. The most known on the Earth minerals are located in Ukraine. According to the State Fund of the Geology the value of explored mineral resources in our country comes to 7.5 trillion dollars. A large amount of wastes is the most objective indicator of the imperfection of the technological scheme, therefore, it is necessary to ensure the creation and widespread application of technical means and technologies for the integrated and more complete extraction of useful components of ore, as well as the use of low-waste and non-waste technologies. One of the major and still unresolved environmental problems arising during the operation is allocation of dust from the surfaces of the dehydrated sediment, which makes a total of dust adjacent to mining-concentrating combine of the territory, mainly densely populated, and the diseases of the respiratory organs and the eyes of people who live and work there. The economic damage caused to the rural economy through the dust of a tailings dump is about a billion of hryvnias, but the long-term consequences are not even taken into account. This article presents the evaluation of the impact factors, which show the extent to which it is feasible to use wastes of ore-dressing plants and obtain additional volumes of main products and related construction. The economic and environmental estimation of the use of concentration waste of ore-mining plants adapted to the modern problems of the regions where the activity of the mining and processing of mineral resources is carried out. The problem of re-use of concentration waste of ore-mining enterprises is a promising area of investment. This is the future of the economy, which now can bring a lot of profit. However, recycling of waste has a positive impact on ecosystems and human health due to the decrease of their volume.