Social and economic aspects of preserving the potential of coal industry of Ukraine

The questions of quantitative estimation of coal mines potential are dwelled upon. The model of mine resource potential management is offered comprising a direct problem of minimization of operating costs and a reverse problem of seeking the actual ratio between the resources in terms of their influence on the functional. There are determined the possibilities for an enterprise to receive additional profit at the expense of a certain resource under the condition of the enterprise functioning in optimal mode from the point of view of supporting its production facilities.