Published since 1991, (bi-monthly) The Journal publishes materials on all types of minerals, oil, gas, coal, ferrous, non-ferrous, precious and rare metals, agrochemical and mining chemical raw materials, etc. The basic sections: the current state and development prospects of the mineral resource base in Russia (exploration and the resources base); economic policy and management of the mineral resource complex; legal support to subsurface use; mineral resources market; investment projects, equipment and technologies.