🔥 How to Stimulate the Development of Technogenic Deposits: An Economic Perspective Russia possesses a significant but underutilized technogenic mineral potential. Integrating these materials into economic circulation could expand the country's mineral resource base and reduce environmental pressure. However, small businesses face challenges in entering this sector, partly due to the inadequacy of existing economic mechanisms. In a study published in our journal, the authors analyzed the current instruments for incentivizing the processing of technogenic mineral accumulations (TMAs) and proposed an approach to optimize them. How were the projects ranked? Through a brainstorming session with 32 experts (including representatives of public legal entities), weighting coefficients for key project evaluation criteria were determined: 💰 budgetary efficiency – 52 %; 📊 commercial (economic) efficiency – 33 %; 🌿 environmental impact – 15 %. Based on these criteria, projects were divided into three groups: green (priority), yellow, and red (lowest priority). For each group, experts selected the most effective support measures. Which instruments work best? 🔹 Green projects (high efficiency across all criteria): ✔️ investment tax credit – 100 % of expert votes; ✔️ concessional loans – 97 %; ✔️ preferential taxation (income tax, MET, one-time payment) – 91 %. 🔹 Yellow projects (medium efficiency): ✔️ state guarantees – 100 %; ✔️ preferential taxation – 94 %. 🔹 Red projects (low efficiency, but socially or environmentally significant): ✔️ preferential taxation (extended list: income tax, MET, one-time payment, property tax, land tax) – 97 %; ✔️ subsidies – 91 %; ✔️ concessional loans – 84 %. ❗️ Important note: the public-private partnership (PPP) mechanism is currently unavailable for small businesses – adjustments to the legislation are required. All other instruments can be applied regardless of company size. The authors also formulated six fundamental principles that an effective economic mechanism should be built upon: clarity, transparency, teamwork, modularity, controllability, and efficiency. Without fulfilling the first five, overall efficiency cannot be achieved. 📖 For more details on the ranking methodology, calculations, and the economic mechanism model – see the full text of the article: 🔗 Yurak V.V., Ignatyeva M.N., Komarova O.G. Economic incentive instruments for the development of technogenic deposits. Mining Science and Technology (Russia). 2025;10(2):180–200. https://doi.org/10.17073/2500-0632-2024-09-255 🔔 More research and solutions for the mining industry – follow our Telegram channel: t.me/MinSciTech #inEnglish #MST #TechnogenicDeposits #Economics #SmallBusiness #PPP #TaxIncentives #Investment #Ecology #SustainableDevelopment