The article describes the general provisions of an express geo-economic evaluation of primary objects. The basic criteria on selection of deposits in a complex of raw objects, among which individual indicators and group characteristics are offered. Shows the sequence of the selection fields, where at each stage is a detailed analysis of individual objects within a group of adjacent businesses.
The Ural Mountains is a raw material and metallurgical cluster of the Russian Federation. Due to lack of reliable reserves of ferrous metals Russia has to import raw materials from such neighbouring countries as Ukraine and Kazakhstan. The paper studies a possibility to expand the ferrous metals resource by the deposits located in the Polar and Subpolar Urals.