EVALUATION OF INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE COAL MINING REGIONS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The article assesses the investment attractiveness of Russian regions from the perspective of their potential for sustainable development of the coal industry. It is established that in the national market there is a situation when the competitiveness of coal is limited by a comparable level of prices for another energy resource — gas. The dynamics of demand for fuel of thermal power plants of the centralized zone of power supply of the Russian Federation within the Program of development of the coal industry of Russia for the period till 2030 approved by the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 21, 2014 N 1099-p of Moscow is shown. It is emphasized that the most significant restrictions due to the high degree of competitiveness of gas fuel contribute to the concentration of the coal industry in the regions of localization of the main consumers of “black gold”. External factors of influence, which should be taken into account when assessing the investment attractiveness of coal-mining regions of the Russian Federation, are revealed. The main factors include: the distance of shipment for export, which causes high transport costs; congestion of transport infrastructure (coal terminals of sea ports, as well as railway lines); environmental impact of transport and transshipment hubs on the surrounding municipalities; the level of development of industrial production in the regions; support for enterprises of the industry by regional authorities. The use of methods of economicstatistical and regression analysis, the method of expert assessments allowed to identify the main development trends and the main difficulties that hinder the effective development of the coal industry in the Russian Federation. The most perspective from the point of view of development of the coal industry subjects of the Russian Federation are revealed. The sequence of development of corporate strategy taking into account variability of scenarios of development of the coal-mining enterprises in the conditions of various regions of the Russian Federation is offered.

coal industry, coal mining regions, investment attractiveness, investment attractiveness rating, rating function, energy balance of regions, heat power, coal competitiveness, social indicators, production indicators, investment indicators.

Vikhrova N. O. Evaluation of investment attractiveness of the coal mining regions of the Russian Federation. Business. Education. Law, 2019, no. 3, pp. 97–103. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2019.48.327.