SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF THE MINERAL RAW MATERIAL BASE OF STRATEGIC MINERALS OF UKRAINE

A systematic analysis of the mineral resource base (MRB) strategically important minerals for Ukrainian economy is carried out. Four categories strategic from point view their investment attractiveness are identified: traditional (iron, manganese, titanium, uranium, kaolin, sand molding, building stones, quartz raw materials, refractory clay); highly promising (rare earths, zirconium and hafnium, lithium, scandium, germanium, graphite, potassium salts, abrasive piezooptical materials); (nickel, cobalt, chromium, aluminum, copper, tantalum niobium, beryllium, gold, phosphorite, apatite, fluorspar, glauconite, limestones sugar industry, flux dolomites, bentonite clays, feldspar, rough semi-precious stones); with unclear prospects (vanadium, lead zinc, tungsten, molybdenum, platinum minerals, strontium, magnesium, arsenic, rubidium, cesium, barite, boron, dawsonite, bromine iodine, sorbents, high alumina materials production paints, fluorine, sulfur). Factors criteria determined its expert assessment deposits metallic industrial rocks Ukraine out, ways creation harmoniously developed balanced MRB shown.