Use of settlement prices as a mechanism for the withdrawal (redistribution) of mining rents to stimulate the development of different-quality deposits

The article examines the experience of the USSR in the use of fixed (rent) payments as a fiscal instrument for taxing rental income in the extractive and processing industries, settlement prices as a tool for redistributing mining rent, as well as proposals for the use of polar payments as a tool that combined functions of fixed) payments and settlement prices. The advantages and disadvantages of all these tools are analyzed and suggestions are made on their use in modern conditions.