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被看到、被聽到、被測量到的，往往不是「真凶」 Dark Data: Why What We Don’t Know Is Even More Important Than What We Do

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Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
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Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
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Details a century and a half of copper mining along Upper Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, from the arrival of the first incorporated mines in the 1840s until the closing of the last mine in the mid-1990s.In Hollowed Ground, author Larry Lankton tells the story of two copper industries on Lake Superior-native copper mining, which produced about 11 billion pounds of the metal from the 1840s until the ... Read more

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Details a century and a half of copper mining along Upper Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, from the arrival of the first incorporated mines in the 1840s until the closing of the last mine in the mid-1990s.In Hollowed Ground, author Larry Lankton tells the story of two copper industries on Lake Superior-native copper mining, which produced about 11 billion pounds of the metal from the 1840s until the
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Gold, Grit, Guns

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Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Geotechnical Issues in Energy, Infrastructure and Disaster Management

ICGEID 2024, January 18–20, IIT, Patna, India

Edited by Amit Kumar Verma, T. N. Singh, Edy Tonnizam Mohamad, A. K. Mishra, Ranjith Pathegama Gamage, Ramesh Bhatawdekar, Stephen Wilkinson ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book consists of selected papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Geotechnical Issues in Energy, Infrastructure and Disaster Management (ICGEID 2024), held on January 19-20, 2024 at IIT, Patna, India. The papers represent the research work in the related fields of underground mining, ground control, mining geotechnics, geo-instrumentation, mine tunneling, and underground ... Read more

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This book consists of selected papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Geotechnical Issues in Energy, Infrastructure and Disaster Management (ICGEID 2024), held on January 19-20, 2024 at IIT, Patna, India. The papers represent the research work in the related fields of underground mining, ground control, mining geotechnics, geo-instrumentation, mine tunneling, and underground
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Mining In Africa

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Mining in Africa: Past, Present, and Future offers a comprehensive exploration of the rich tapestry of the mining industry on the African continent. From ancient civilizations to modern-day developments, this book delves into the historical context, economic significance, social impacts, and environmental challenges of mining in Africa.Readers will embark on a journey through time, tracing the
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This book is at the center of the UN goals of combining environment and economic development with new technologies.First, sustainability in mining is defined as a process of transformation. This is followed by an outlook on the aspects of safety, economy, environmental impact and digital transformation. The book includes a discussion of new aspects such as the problem of liability for mining
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¿Es la minería un elemento dinamizador de la economía de las naciones, o solamente una actividad guiada por la necesidad del lucro inmediato aun a costa de la salud de la población y de la destrucción del medio ambiente? La investigación que se muestra en este libro demuestra la necesidad de una fuerte intervención ciudadana.
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Big Rural

Rural Industrial Places, Democracy, and What Next

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Series series Studies in Urban–Rural Dynamics
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In Big Rural: Rural Industrial Places, Democracy, and What Next, Crystal Cook Marshall unveils the rural not as wild and unknowable but as measured and intervened-in as big cities. Drawing international comparisons with a case study centering on the Pocahontas Coalfield, Cook Marshall documents that rural places are often systems among systems that scientists and engineers heavily shape both in
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Underground Ventilation

Proceedings of the 19th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium ((NAMVS 2023, 17-22 June 2023, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA)

Edited by Purushotham Tukkaraja ...

Underground Ventilation contains the proceedings of the 19th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium held at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (South Dakota Mines) in Rapid City, South Dakota, June 17-22, 2023. South Dakota Mines organized this symposium in collaboration with the Underground Ventilation Committee (UVC) of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME).The ... Read more

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The Mechanical Behavior of Salt XI

Edited by Steven Sobolik, Mathew Ingraham, Edward Matteo, Melissa Mills, Tonya Ross, Donald Conley, John Stormont ...

Rock salt formations have long been recognized as a valuable resource - not only for salt mining but for construction of oil and gas storage caverns and for isolation of radioactive and other hazardous wastes. Current interest is fast expanding towards construction and re-use of solution-mined caverns for storage of renewable energy in the form of hydrogen, compressed air and other gases. ... Read more

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Rock salt formations have long been recognized as a valuable resource - not only for salt mining but for construction of oil and gas storage caverns and for isolation of radioactive and other hazardous wastes. Current interest is fast expanding towards construction and re-use of solution-mined caverns for storage of renewable energy in the form of hydrogen, compressed air and other gases.
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People of the 1926 Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster

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On November 3, 1926, catastrophe struck the Barnes-Hecker mine near the small town of Ishpeming in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In less than fifteen minutes, the mine caved in when a torrent of mud, water and debris collapsed, taking the lives of fifty-one men. Forty-one men were never recovered. The accident was the worst iron ore mine disaster in the history of the State of Michigan, and indeed, ... Read more

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On November 3, 1926, catastrophe struck the Barnes-Hecker mine near the small town of Ishpeming in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In less than fifteen minutes, the mine caved in when a torrent of mud, water and debris collapsed, taking the lives of fifty-one men. Forty-one men were never recovered. The accident was the worst iron ore mine disaster in the history of the State of Michigan, and indeed,
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Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing to give its proper name, has become part of our lives recently, due to the massive exploitation of America’s shale oil and gas fields. Along the way it has stirred up controversy, with passionate opponents fighting against the oil companies. The fight has generated a lot of heat, but not much understanding. This guide, written by some-one who knows what he is ... Read more

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