Improvement of construction and reconstruction of mining, transport, hydroengineering and other structures, development of technologies for sound and economical driving of tunnels and support structures;

Study of the stressed-strained state of the rock mass around mine workings and underground structures and perfection of its assessment methods;

Development  of calculation methods of static, rheological/flow and dynamic loads of mine workings and underground structures,  their computer programs and technical guidelines; application of those in specific projects;

Improvement of design methods for opening and development of sheet and vein deposits;

Research and development of a technology for mining deep levels of thick coal seams under difficult mining and geological conditions;

Development of methods for complex utilization of manganese deposits;

Development of pipe-line hydro-transportation systems (pulp-lines, oil and gas pipelines) safe and reliable operation complex events; elaboration of pipelines and equipment condition technical diagnostics advanced methodological principles;

Pipelines electricity transportation system, transient regimes, non-stationary processes investigation and hydraulic impacts protecting effective means and ways development;

Elaboration of pipelines and equipment hydro-abrasive wear investigation and reducing effective means and ways;

The ropeway transportation means, lifting transport devices and mechanisms.

Pipe-line hydro-transportation systems (pulp-lines, oil and gas pipelines) calculation, projecting, operation, expertise and monitoring problems related issues;

Projecting, modeling, calculation and expertise of ropeways and similar roping and axial systems;

Development of novel environmentally friendly explosives;

Research of the seismic effect caused by a single blast and development of techniques for reducing its harmful impact on engineering structures;

Perfection of blast operations in densely populated areas for reducing their harmful effect on natural and historic treasures;

Development of computer programs for determining optimal parameters of drilling and blasting operations;

Development of explosive compacting, hardening, welding and synthesis technologies;

Development of superhard materials production technology using shock waves and high initial temperatures;

Development of technologies for production of nanostructural composite materials;

Analysis and elaboration of methods for calculation of dynamic loads caused by explosion;

Development of systems for protection people and mining objects from explosion effect;

Systems for protection collieries from methane and coal dust explosion;  

Establishment of properties of rocks and building materials and quality control;

Development of a novel sound-damping and low-heat building materials production technology and research methods;

Calculation and design of underground constructions and tunnels;

Chemical analysis of ores and their concentrates;

Analysis of water and soil (except of microbiological)

Technological testing of metallic and nonmetallic minerals by mechanical (gravitation, magnetic and electrostatic separation, flotation) and chemical (hydrometallurgy) methods for assessment of deposit economic potential

Improvement of current technological processes of mineral dressing; 

Environmental problems of mining industry.