Risk-oriented provision of mining operations safety at the enterprises of mineral resources sector in Russia

The development of the Russian economy for many years will be based on the effective use of mineral resources. At the same time the development of deposits characterized by the worst mining and geological conditions, while increasing the intensity of mining operations, leads to an increase in mining risks. In the paper, recommendations are given on a set of measures aimed at ensuring the safety of mining operations at the enterprises of the mineral resources sector in Russia based on the analysis of the current regulatory and legal framework and the assessment of factors that affect the growth of the probability of emergency situations. The obtained conclusions are drawn from the situation in the Russian coal industry. The proposed recommendations are based on a risk-oriented approach illustrated by the example of the coal industry. In the paper the directions for improvement of the mechanism of organizational-economic provision of mining operations safety at the enterprises of the coal industry are presented.