Improvement of production in non-ferrous metallurgy is the basis for the growth of efficiency of both the industry itself and the national economy as a whole. Cost savings in the industry is the saving of national economic costs, and the effect of industry production is part of the overall national economic effect.

A distinctive feature of the modern stage of development of the socialist economy - the huge size and growth of fixed production assets and large scales of capital construction.

The problem of reducing production costs through its intensification is especially acute in the extractive industries, where the rate of increase in production is high and providing the needs of the national economy on an extensive basis is becoming increasingly difficult.

The most important part of the national wealth of the country is the main industrial and production funds. Their volume and technical level determine the economic potential of the country and the efficiency of social production.

Production fixed assets, their volume and technical level decisively determine the economic potential of the country. By the beginning of 1981, the total value of production fixed assets in the national economy will amount to 1.1 trillion rubles ...

The cost of production is one of the most important generalizing indicators of the industrial enterprise, as it reflects all aspects of its production and economic activities: the economical use of material and labor resources, improving machinery, technology, organization of production and labor, improving the level of production management ...