The Arctic region of Russia is of strategic importance to the country due to the presence of important sea routes, military bases and a wide variety of minerals. At the same time, despite the strategic importance of the region, its development is slow due to various environmental problems. In addition, there are various environmental problems that hinder the full development of the North of Russia (global warming, air, water and soil pollution). The threat of environmental instability is largely due to the activities of industrial enterprises in the region; as a result, the production process must be modernized in such a way as to eliminate or minimize possible risks to the environment. The article identifies the main problems of development of the mining and industrial complex of the Arctic region of Russia. The directions and ways of solving the identified problems, ways of achieving environmentally responsible nature management and establishment of circular economy in the region are considered. The main results of the study are the presentation of the relationship between the identified environmental problems and ways to solve them, the analysis of the negative impact of a number of mining companies on the Arctic environment, and the calculation of the economic effect of the introduction of water treatment facilities at the company of PAO MMC Norilsk Nickel.

The maintenance of oil pumps is a complex task for any operating organization, and for an industrial enterprise in the oil and gas sector of the economy, this issue has a high degree of urgency. One of the reasons for this is a wide spread of pumping equipment in all areas of oil and gas enterprises. At the same time, an aggressive environment, uneven load, remote facilities, and harsh climatic zones (especially in the areas of the Arctic region or production platforms) are factors that make it relevant to develop special systems that help or simplify the maintenance of pumping equipment. Dynamic modeling is one of the modern technologies which allows for solving the urgent issue of assessing the technical condition of equipment. It is the basis of systems that carry out diagnostics and prognostic calculations and allow for assessing the dynamic state of objects under various conditions of their operation, among other functions. Augmented reality technology is a technology that allows for reducing the time for equipment maintenance by reducing the time for searching and processing various information required in the maintenance process. This paper presents an investigation of the effectiveness of an augmented reality and a dynamic simulation system collaboration in oil pump maintenance. Since there is insufficient research on the joint application of these two technologies, the urgent issue is to prove the effectiveness of such collaboration. For this purpose, this paper provides a description of the system structure, gives a description of the development process of the augmented reality system application and tests the application using Microsoft HoloLens 2.

Currently, environmental pollution by production and consumption wastes is a particularly urgent. It is necessary to increase the volume of processing and to use non-waste production. The state regulates the waste management system using environmental legislation. In Russia, the extended manufacturers’ responsibility is implemented; the environmental fee is the main method of state regulation of processing and disposal of waste. There is a positive trend, but problems remain that need further solutions. The main problem is the lack of municipal solid waste collection and sorting infrastructure, which needs to be regulated and stimulated at the legislative level.