Освещены научные основы комплексного освоения недр. Предложена и решена гипотеза "О конституционном закреплении прав собственности Украинского народа на владение недрами, государственном распоряжении недрами, платном использовании недр и частном присвоении горной ренты украинским народом", в которой проанализированы известные концепции теории ренты и практики регулирования рентных отношений при использовании недр. Освещены правовые аспекты владения, распоряжения и использования недр в развитых и развивающихся странах. Предложена на уровне открытия техника и технология комплексного промышленного освоения недр с захоронением радиоактивных отходов в породах древних геологических формаций с алмазоносными месторождениями.

Purpose. To explore problems and prospects of Ukraine's coal industry functioning in crisis with the use of instruments of state support. Methodology. There were used methods of analysis (analysis of policy documents and state financing), synthesis (systematic study of the influence of legal regulation and state funding on state operation of coal mines), monographs (the review of scientific views on problems of development of coal industry), research (identifying areas of use and the efficiency of budget expenditures) and the experiment (corrected the calculation of the amount of public funding, costs and losses of the coal industry). Findings. Government support is the main form of supporting the operation of the coal industry. Analysis of policy documents and resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine showed their declarative nature and lack of a systematic approach to reforming the coal industry. In terms of anti-terrorist operations, the loss of coal mining and the growth of accounts payable, finding an effective owner is a possible solution to this problem. Originality. System study of State support of development of coal industry in terms of the directions of use of budget funds and the elements was conducted. Pricing and the effect on profitability of coal enterprises were investigated. The adjustment of the volume of public funding due to changes in exchange rate of the hryvnia to the American dollar was carried out. Practical value. The research results can be used to improve the mechanism of the State support of enterprises of coal industry.

Purpose. To examine the experience of Great Britain in reforming the coal industry, as well as the opportunity to use the British Government's experience in reforming the coal industry in Ukraine. Methodology. The authors used the system and structure, structure and functional, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction methods, as well as methods of comparison and prediction. Findings. When considering the experience of Great Britain in reforming the coal industry, the authors accentuated: 1) the general characteristics of the industry; 2) the role of public administration in reforming the coal industry; 3) the importance of the coal industry in the British Government's strategy. The general characteristics of the British coal industry showed that the UK economy had completely got rid of coal dependency. The analysis of normative legal documents of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy found a complete absence of references to the coal industry as such. Confrontation of Margaret Thatcher's government with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in 1984 - 1985 and subsequent results of this confrontation proved the effectiveness and the dominant role of public administration in reforming the coal industry. In fact, public administration in the UK coal industry was aimed at declining its importance in the economy of the state. In analysing the importance of the coal industry in the strategies of the governments of Ukraine and Great Britain, the authors have found diametrically opposite vision. The Ukrainian government is focused on reforming the coal industry and increasing coal production, whereas the UK government does not even consider the coal industry in its strategy. The UK government builds its economy on low carbon and resource-efficient technologies. Originality. The authors have proved the effectiveness of using the public administration in reforming the coal industry. Practical value. The research does not only prove the power and effectiveness of using the public administration in reforming the coal industry. The authors have showed the difference between the vision of the coal industry prospects in the strategies of the governments of Great Britain and Ukraine, as well as possibilities of using public administration for building economy on low carbon and resource-efficient technologies.

Purpose. Complex, science-based research on acts described in Part 2 of Article 240 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and practice of their investigation as an indispensable component of subsoil protection. Issues of classifying illegal mining of national importance and the investigation of these crimes are considered. Methodology. Method of system analysis of acts related to illegal mining is used. Due to the system-structural and logical methods, an investigator's activities when investigating these crimes are studied and analyzed. Findings. The results of the study are determined by the fact that the need is proved for recognition of illegal mining of mineral resources as a completed offence from the moment of committing an act aimed at seizing mineral resources by any means. Expediency was substantiated to consider actions as minor ones in cases when illegal mining of mineral resources by its quantity, scale, character and other features neither did nor could cause considerable harm to the environment. The article defines subjects of collaboration during investigating illegal mining of mineral resources. The need is substantiated for the investigator to use modern unmanned compact aircraft systems when inspecting the scene during the investigation of these crimes. These devices will help in fixing the course and results of the inspection, as well as in prosecuting criminals, the delivery of small loads to the scene when necessary. Originality. The authors article have proved the necessity of considering illegal mining of mineral resources to be a completed offence from the moment of committing an act aimed at their extraction by any means. A circle of subjects and tasks of collaboration during investigation of illegal mining is defined. Feasibility of using copters when inspecting a crime scene is substantiated. Practical value. The work will help law-enforcement authorities to classify illegal mining activities properly; it guides an investigator regarding the circle of subjects and tasks of collaboration; it will give recommendations on selecting forensic tools when inspecting a crime scene in the commission of these crimes.