Modeling of flexible value chains based on clean coal processing technologies
S.M. Nikitenko1, E.V. Goosen1, O. Kavkaeva2
1 Federal Research Center for Coal and Coal Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
2 University of Pavia, Italy
Russian Mining Industry №S2 / 2023 р. 126-134
Abstract: The article discusses characteristics of the value chains that have developed in the Russian coal industry. It has been justified that the involvement of the coal industry in the value chain based on promising clean coal processing technologies is becoming a critical task in the context of the imposed sanctions and it is a real step towards new industrialization and transformation of the corner stone sector of the Russian fuel and energy complex. The author's approach to the study of the coal value chains is based on identifying the existing types of value chains in the coal industry, assessing their current resilience and modeling possible directions for upgrading the value chain to increase long-term resilience. A conclusion is made that, despite the currently emerging concept of the carbon-free energy development, the coal industry has all the necessary development prospects due to a differentiated approach to upgrading the value chains based on new flexible technologies and taking into account the specific features of individual companies. Such value chains can be formed at the existing coal mining operations, and in the future it will become possible to create various production facilities for environmentally friendly products based on already existing value chains.
Keywords: coal industry, value chains, VAC model, typical VAC of the coal industry, stress resistance of the VAC of the coal industry, VAC modeling
Acknowledgments: The research was funded by a grant within the framework of the Mirror Laboratories Project of the Higher School of Economics National Research University on the topic ‘Transformation of value chains in the coal and related industries in the context of global energy transition and sanction imposed on the Russian economy’.
For citation: Nikitenko S.M., Goosen E.V., Kavkaeva O. Modeling of flexible value chains based on clean coal processing technologies. Russian Mining Industry. 2023;(S2):126–134. https://doi.org/10.30686/1609-9192-2023-S1-126-134
Article info
Received: 01.07.2023
Revised: 24.07.2023
Accepted: 25.07.2023
Information about the authors
Sergey M. Nikitenko – Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Associate Professor, Head of the Coal Economics Laboratory, Federal Research Center for Coal and Coal Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kemerovo, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Elena V. Goosen – Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Associate Professor, Leading Research Associate of the Coal Economics Laboratory, Federal Research Center for Coal and Coal Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kemerovo, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Olga Kavkaeva – PhD candidate in Applied Economics & Management at the University of Pavia, Italy; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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