Abstract: The study is devoted to the issues of regulation of production process flexible development at mining enterprises in the conditions of market economy formation. The mechanism of managing the economic activity of a mining enterprise based on the regulation of ore mining indicators is formulated taking into account the ability to flexibly react to internal and external factors. It is substantiated that the optimization of volumes in the release of mining enterprise products within the framework of the mechanism of flexible adaptation to the market conditions is ensured by the use of innovative technologies for mining ore reserves with ensuring profit.