Key principles of the concept of best available techniques in industry

The relevance of the topic is associated with the need to give domestic industry eco-oriented vector of development. Modernization of industrial production cannot be associated with extensive development. In today’s economy industry must maintain a balance between increasing production and efficient use of energy from minerals and other natural resources. The best available techniques as a concept and tool for the implementation of environmentally-oriented industrial policy can become the basis for the revitalization of modernization and innovation processes. The subject of the study are the fundamental principles and conceptual approaches to the category of the best available techniques. The study summarizes the key principles of the development of the concept of the best available techniques. Significant directions of ecological and technological modernization of national industries are defined. The role of mineral resource complex in the framework of environmentally-oriented development was revealed. Principles of organization of clean production are substantiated and peculiarities of possible application of BAT in the mineral complex are identified. The author’s conceptual vision of the best available techniques is presented.