The prospects of using domestic (cheaper) drilling equipment at the Kirov mine of Apatit JSC, the possibility of sinking small cross-sectional excavations, organization of work through multi-stop maintenance of equipment, which has a great social effect and will allow to load domestic mining machinery plants, as well as create new jobs in related industries are considered.
The article focuses on the evaluation of the prospects of application of mining equipment of domestic production at Kirov mine of OAO Apatit. The cost level for implementation of the technical re-equipment program of the mine is assessed, with the advantages and disadvantages of this investment decision being characterized. As an alternative variant it is offered to use modernized samples of drilling equipment of domestic production. The main directions and results of drilling equipment modification are formulated. The calculation of the correlation between the price of drilling equipment and its productivity, as well as the calculation of the elasticity of these indicators.
