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  • Scientific and Practical Studies of Raw Material Issues

    Edited by Vladimir Litvinenko ...
    Scientific and practical studies of raw material issues presents the contribution to the Russian-German raw materials forum. The main theme of the book is problematic issues of subsoil use, whereby the contributions are divided in two main parts:- Exploration, mining and processing, and- Mining servicesPaying much attention to complex processes in the mining industry, Scientific and practical ... Read more

    RM 278.32

  • Topical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources, Volume 2

    Edited by Vladimir Litvinenko ...
    Topical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources 2019 Vol. 2 contains the contributions presented at the XV International Forum-Contest of Students and Young Researchers under the auspices of UNESCO (St. Petersburg Mining University, Russia, 13-17 May 2019). The Forum-Contest is a great opportunity for young researchers to present their work to the academics involved or interested the area of ... Read more

    RM 278.32

  • Nuneaton & Bedworth Coal, Stone, Clay and Iron

    by Peter Lee ...
    On the edge of the Warwickshire coalfield, coal had been mined in Nuneaton since the fourteenth century and the town was a centre for quarrying and brick-making too. Coal had been mined in the Stockingford and Griff area of Chilvers Coton for five centuries, and by the mid-1860s, new capital, increasingly efficient mining methods, together with the building of the railways, brought about a golden ... Read more

    RM 37.29

  • Contested Consultations in the Extractive Industries

    Rights, Processes, and Tensions

    Edited by Paul A. Haslam, Nathan Andrews, Karin Buhmann, Ibironke T. Odumosu-Ayanu, Mark Stoddart ...
    Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
    This volume examines how communities, companies, and governments contest and contribute to the evolution of norms, rules and decision-making procedures that govern stakeholder consultation in the extractive industries.In recent years international organisations, governments and companies around the world have dramatically reformed the regime that governs consultations with community stakeholders ... Read more

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  • Mass Transfer Dynamics of Contaminants in Fractured Media

    by Zhi Dou, Zhifang Zhou, Jinguo Wang, Yong Huang ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book focuses on many aspects of mass transfer dynamics of contamination in fractured media. First, it discusses the concept, structure and properties of fractured media. It then traces topics such as basic law of seepage in fractured media, the basic mass transfer theory of fractured media, numerical simulation of mass transfer process in fractured media, mathematical model and parameter ... Read more

    RM 628.89

  • Sustainable Mining Governance

    Social, Environmental and Political Discussions

    Edited by J. Andrés Domínguez-Gómez, André Xavier, Rocio Muñoz-Moreno ...
    Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
    This volume provides a transdisciplinary analysis of the political, social and environmental aspects of governance and its implementation in the mining sector.In a world profoundly shaped by the energy transition and the urgency of climate change, mining faces a dual challenge. On the one hand, it is expected to play a crucial role in the shift toward a more sustainable socioeconomic model. On the ... Read more

    RM 243.04

  • Colorado and the Silver Crash

    The Panic of 1893

    by John F. Steinle ...
    Series series Disaster
    A catastrophic depression engulfed Colorado in 1893. The government's decision to adopt the gold standard and stop buying silver hit the mining industry like a cave-in. Unemployment reached 90 percent in Leadville, a city built on silver. Strikes by union miners in Cripple Creek and Leadville led to destruction and death. Political parties split along battle lines of gold versus silver. By 1898, ... Read more

    RM 44.89 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Underground

    Stories to Understand Past, Present, and Future of Mining

    by Adrián Godás ...
    Translated by Sergio Lorenzi ...
    The thrilling history of the extraction and economic control of the world's major minerals – from Antiquity to the present day: gold, copper, iron, lithium, rare earths, and more.Why should you read this book? Mining is on the verge of regaining a central role on the global stage. As the world gradually shifts toward deglobalization and an indirect confrontation between the United States and China ... Read more

    RM 53.29 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Contested Country

    Local and Regional Natural Resources Management in Australia

    by Cathy Robinson, Bruce Taylor ...
    In Contested Country, leading researchers in planning, geography, environmental studies and public policy critically review Australia's environmental management under the auspices of the Natural Heritage Trust over the past decade, and identify the challenges that must be met in the national quest for sustainability. It is the first comprehensive, critical examination of the local and regional ... Read more

    RM 203.29

  • Ten Commitments Revisited

    Securing Australia's Future Environment

    Edited by Steve Morton, David Lindenmayer, Stephen Dovers ...
    What are the 10 key issues that must be addressed urgently to improve Australia's environment? In this follow up to the highly successful book Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country's Environment, Australia’s leading environmental thinkers have written provocative chapters on what must be done to tackle Australia's environmental problems – in terms of policies, on-ground actions and research ... Read more

    RM 141.09

  • Jim Wardner, of Wardner, Idaho

    by James F. Wardner ...
    "A good story of a 'maybe' Bigfoot capture that occurred in the Big Hole area near Butte Montana is found in chapter 7 of Wardner's autobiography, entitled 'The Wild Man of Big Hole.'" -Bigfoottales Blog, Nov. 1, 2012"Peculiarly American, a chronicle of pluck and courage." -New York Times Saturday Review, 1900."Wardner is the best-known miner from Cape Nome to Arizona, and his fame spans the ... Read more

    RM 3.88 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Guidelines for Open Pit and Waste Dump Closure

    Edited by Phil de Graaf, Geoff Beale, Trevor Carter ...
    Series series Guidelines for Open Pit Slope Design Series
    Guidelines for Open Pit and Waste Dump Closure provides a benchmark reference for geotechnical and hydrogeological professionals, and other closure stakeholders, involved in assessing and implementing the closure of open pits and waste dumps. It defines a state-of-best-practice geotechnical and hydrological pathway that reflects current industry-wide experience; considers the perspectives of the ... Read more

    RM 347.29

  • Quarrying in Cumbria

    by Dr David Johnson ...
    The exploiting of stone in Cumbria dates back to the Neolithic period when volcanic rock from the high Lakeland fells was worked to make hand axes. In Roman times sandstone was extensively quarried for building Hadrian’s Wall and forts like Carlisle. The industry expanded in the Middle Ages as stone was needed for high-status buildings like castles, tower houses and monasteries as well as for ... Read more

    RM 43.99

  • Solution Mining

    Leaching and Fluid Recovery of Materials

    by Robert Bartlett ...
    First published in 1998. This book offers a wealth of information on the rapidly expanding field of solution mining: yhe extraction of materials from the earth by leaching and fluid recovery. This is an introductory text for students and professional engineers that is comprehensive and emphases current practice and theory. Percolation leaching of fragmented ground is covered, as well as true and ... Read more

    RM 270.48

  • Mining and Rock Construction Technology Desk Reference

    Rock Mechanics, Drilling & Blasting

    Edited by Agne Rustan, Claude Cunningham, William Fourney, Alex Spathis, K.R.Y. Simha ...
    A comprehensive and illustrated desk reference with terms, definitions, explanations, abbreviations, trade names, quantifications, units and symbols used in rock mechanics, drilling and blasting. Now including rock mechanics as well, this updated edition presents 5127 terms, 637 symbols, 507 references, 236 acronyms, 108 formulas, 68 figures, 47 ta ... Read more

    RM 882.14

  • Contemporary Perspectives in Data Mining

    Edited by Kenneth D. Lawrence, Ronald K. Klimberg ...
    Series Book 5 - Contemporary Perspectives in Data Mining
    The series, Contemporary Perspectives in Data Mining, is composed of blind refereed scholarly research methods and applications of data mining. The series is targeted both at the academic community, as well as the business practitioner. Data mining seeks to discover knowledge from vast amounts of data with the use of statistical and mathematical techniques. The knowledge is extracted from this ... Read more

    RM 173.69

  • FLAC and Numerical Modeling in Geomechanics - 2001

    Edited by D. Billaux, C. Detournay, R. Hart, X. Rachez ...
    A collection of 54 papers selected for presentation at the 2nd FLAC Symposium. The contributions cover a wide range of topics from engineering applications to theoretical developments in the areas of embankment and slope stability, mining, tunnelling, and soil and structure interaction. ... Read more

    RM 1,470.23

  • New Developments in Mining Engineering 2015

    Theoretical and Practical Solutions of Mineral Resources Mining

    Edited by Genadiy Pivnyak, Volodymyr Bondarenko, Iryna Kovalevska ...
    This annual series of books includes scientific papers on mining profiles. This volume presents multiple aspects of mining technology implementation in several aspects: extraction of coal, iron, manganese, uranium and other ores. Capturing and utilization of coalbed methane by various methods including alternative ones, safety measures in mining, ecological aspects, etc.Specific attention is paid ... Read more

    RM 278.32

  • Thunder In the Mountains

    The West Virginia Mine War, 1920–21

    by Lon Savage ...
    Series series Regional
    The West Virginia mine war of 1920-21, a major civil insurrection of unusual brutality on both sides, even by the standards of the coal fields, involved thousands of union and nonunion miners, state and private police, militia, and federal troops. Before it was over, three West Virginia counties were in open rebellion, much of the state was under military rule, and bombers of the U.S. Army Air ... Read more

    RM 89.39

  • The Business of Mining

    Mineral Project Valuation

    by Odwyn Jones, Eric Lilford, Felix Chan ...
    Series series The Business of Mining
    The Business of Mining complete set of three Focus books will provide readers with a holistic all-embracing appraisal of the analytical tools available for assessing the economic viability of prospective mines. Each volume has a discrete focus. This second volume discusses, in some depth, alternative means of assessing the economic viability of mining projects based on the best estimate of the ... Read more

    RM 125.42

  • Staffordshire Coal Mines

    by Helen Harwood ...
    Which colliery was known as the ‘Fair Lady’? And where was the deepest mine shaft? These are just two of the many questions answered in this history of the Staffordshire coal mines and the collieries that were bedrocks of local communities. From their early beginnings in Roman times through to the growth of the Industrial Revolution, subsequent depressions and strikes until the last closures in ... Read more

    RM 43.99

  • FLAC and Numerical Modeling in Geomechanics

    Edited by Christine Detournay, Roger Hart ...
    Sixty-five papers cover a wide range of topics from engineering applications to theoretical developments in the areas of embankment and slope stability, underground cavity design and mining; dynamic analysis, soil and structure interaction, and coupled processes and fluid flow. ... Read more

    RM 1,450.62

  • Black Gold

    The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal

    by Bob Wyss ...
    Coal's central role in America's history and its ongoing threats in the climate crisis.For decades coal has been crucial to America's culture, society, and environment, an essential ingredient in driving out winter's cold, cooking meals, and lighting the dark. In the coalfields and beyond, Bob Wyss describes how this magical elixir sparked the Industrial Revolution, powered railroads, and built ... Read more

    RM 107.89

  • The Denniston Rose

    by Jenny Pattrick ...
    A number one bestseller, this favourite New Zealand novel captures a real 19th century community.The bleak coal-mining settlement of Denniston, isolated high on a plateau above New Zealand's West Coast, is a place that makes or breaks those who live there. At the time of this novel - the1880s - the only way to reach the makeshift collection of huts, tents and saloons is to climb aboard an empty ... Read more

    RM 41.39