MOSCOW, August 31 It is important to ensure the technological and environmental modernization of industrial enterprises in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
At a meeting on the socio-economic development of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the head of state noted that the region has huge reserves of natural resources: coal, oil, iron, polymetallic ores, gold, nickel, and rare earth metals. In addition, the region is traditionally rich in coniferous forests, water, and fertile land, Putin added.
«Many industrial enterprises of the region occupy leading positions both in Russia and in global markets. It is important to ensure their technological and environmental modernization», — he said.
Putin added that «there are opportunities for expanding resource extraction, developing new unique deposits,» and such work is now underway, for example, in the Arctic, in Taimyr, this is the north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.