In the conditions of improving the economic mechanism and the transfer of geological organizations to self-sufficiency and self-financing, much attention is paid to the introduction of economic calculation in the lower structural units.
At present it is impossible to establish an effective intraproduction economic calculation without the organization of reliable primary accounting at enterprises.
In the conditions of scientific and technological progress there is a growing need for rational use and reproduction of natural resources, utilization of industrial waste and reducing the volume of harmful substances entering and polluting the environment.