Russia is increasingly faced with risk to becoming a raw materials appendage of the «golden billion». Commodity sector remains the leading production capacity in the country and require considerable upgrading and retooling. This article presents a complex approach as a tool to the development and modernization of the natural resources base of the country.
Problems and prospects of the mineral development in the Transbaikalia region are given in the article. The interrelation had between problems in the region and prospects identified in the event of their solutions. The idea create the mining and metallurgical cluster based on the number of large deposits on the region is the main lever for decision problems.
