The article studies the  status, raw  materials problems and perspective directions of development of local mini-metallurgy. The article presents comparative economic assessment of competitive technologies of primary iron production and engineering schemes of production of cast steel ingot under terms of integrated mini plant.

Contemporary domestic economy is going through ecological crisis. The problem-solving assumes the rise and development of specific economic relations which ensure an effective functioning of the triad “environment-societyeconomy”. At this conjuncture, acute question arises as to necessity of creating eco-innovative sources of economic growth and the issue of building appropriate mechanism in order to reach an advanced stage of ecologically safe development. Structural perfection of ecologically safe development realized in the form of ecological innovations, ought to constitute the basis of ecological investment process under domestic market’s conditions. The author’s conception of “ecological innovation” is given in the article. The problem field of “econovations” forming is defined from the position of “going away” from domestic economy’s dependence on raw materials. In conclusion, the author gives the package of actions concerning the perfection of eco-innovation instruments used in key directions development. The defining and realizing of these instruments allows to activate the process of domestic eco-innovations market’s formation as well as securing long-term strategic interest of a country in an eco-economic sphere.

This article concerns issues of innovation capital budgeting. Net present value method does not guarantee choice of investment projects with highest efficiency of labor in Russian. It gives suggestions to develop capital budgeting procedure.

The article examines the specific conditions of functioning of Russian metallurgical companies. It proposes the most universal principles which can be used as a basis for a marketing strategies of these companies.

In article we examine some environment protection measures which are carried out in Lebedinsky GOK. We cite the structure of payments for environment pollution and define the share of expenditure for environment protection actions in the cost price of realized production

In this article prominent features of such important component of management as the information and the basic indicators of the economic development are resulted are illustrated, allowing to analyze a current situation both in the conditions of growth, and in crisis.

In this article we briefly consider the problem of planning, which occurs when creating a holding company of vertically integrated structures. To address the complexity of the planning proposed for the transition from strategic to operational plans to create additional levels of planning – sales and operating planing (planning horizon of 15–18 months, consolidated groups of products, consolidated units) and order planning (6–9 months, the planning of specific orders, technological routes).

Competitive position and soundness increase of the enterprise challenges are examined in the article. Means of production and services prime cost managerial information quality increase are offered. Opportunities of the practical application of the activity based costing on the example of separately taken enterprise are submitted.

In article we estimate the market value of the company using two approaches: income and cost. Analysis of strengths and weaknesses of the income and cost approach can give estimates derived using different approaches and weights.

Procedure of determination of key factors of development of organizational, economic and social systems is shown. Procedure draws on the results of method of qualitative modeling. The base of this method is the theory of the weighted directed grapfs. Application of method is illustrated by the example of determination of group of key factors for the social complex of university (for its campus).

From November, 18 till November, 21st,2009 inChicago (USA) there passed the Russian national exhibition dated for the 200 anniversary of an establishment of diplomatic relations between two countries. The exhibition has been organised by the Ministry of the industry and trade of theRussian Federation. As the operator of an exhibition the company «Intellectual resources» has acted.

Article is devoted the Starooskol’sky institute of technology, branch MISiS. Stages of its formation and development are shown. The purpose of uchebno-methodical activity in STI MISiS – transformation of institute into the leading scientifically-educational centre of region providing a quality education with high level of professional and social competence on a wide spectrum of programs of the higher vocational training, school education, retrainings and improvements of professional skill.