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  • The Elements of Power

    A Story of War, Technology and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth

    ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING FINALIST 2026LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 MOORE PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WRITING‘A tale of rapacious colonialism, Cold War spy games, dazzling technical innovation, big business rivalry, big power geopolitics […] an unflinching, landmark work on the nature of extractive capitalism’ Patrick Radden Keefe‘Joseph Conrad called colonial ventures in Africa “the vilest ... Read more

    RM 70.29

  • The Gold Cache

    "Exciting adventures in their search for buried gold." -The Publishers Weekly (1917)"James Willard Schultz...the author of 'The Gold Cache,' is fortified for true western stories by years of experience as an Indian trader...rapidly moving western action, told as only a man such as Schultz could write, a man who has seen the things he depicts." -Arizona Republic, Dec. 6, 1917"J.W. Schultz, one of ... Read more

    RM 19.56

  • Land of Lead

    by Brian Davies ...
    Fascinating volume of history, shedding light on the lead mining industry in Ceredigion and shipping from Aberystwyth, through the story of four generations of interlinked families in north Ceredigion in the 19th and 20th centuries. Comprises copies of 16 previously unpublished 19th-century watercolour paintings. ... Read more

    RM 37.29 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Guidelines for Evaluating Water in Pit Slope Stability

    Edited by John Read, Geoff Beale ...
    Guidelines for Evaluating Water in Pit Slope Stability is a comprehensive account of the hydrogeological procedures that should be followed when performing open pit slope stability design studies. Created as an outcome of the Large Open Pit (LOP) project, an international research and technology transfer project on the stability of rock slopes in open pit mines, this book expands on the ... Read more

    RM 547.49

  • Opencast Images

    An Informal Look at British Coal Opencast Sites

    by Dave Wootton ...
    In the United Kingdom surface coal mining began in 1942 in response to a national shortage of deep-mined coal. By the 1980s, when Dave Wootton began touring sites and taking photographs, the industry was firmly established with major operations and very large machinery. His fully captioned pictures cover the period from 1986 until British Coal Opencast (BCO) was privatised in 1994. There are ... Read more

    Was RM 49.99 Now RM 35.29 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 矿山机械液压系统的构建(第2版)

    本书在内容设置上借鉴了德国、澳大利亚等国际职业教育的先进教学理念,基于工作过程设计教学活动,全书由易到难设置了4个学习情境。主要介绍了构成矿山机械液压系统的各种液压元件的结构、工作原理、性能特点、选择和应用,矿山机械的典型液压传动系统的分析及组建等本书是高职高专教育三年制矿山机电类专业教材,也适合作为成人高校、中等职业学校机电类专业的教材,同时可供矿山企业工程技术人员参考或作为自学用书。 ... Read more

    RM 12.49

  • The Anthropology of Resource Extraction

    Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
    This book offers an overview of the key debates in the burgeoning anthropological literature on resource extraction.Resources play a crucial role in the contemporary economy and society, are required in the production of a vast range of consumer products and are at the core of geopolitical strategies and environmental concerns for the future of humanity. Scholars have widely debated the economic ... Read more

    RM 215.59

  • Los procesos de coexistencia minera en Colombia

    Análisis del caso de los mineros de California, Santander

    Series series Jurisprudencia
    Este libro plantea la problemática de la minera ilegal desde lo general a lo particular, es decir, desde las experiencias internacionales hasta aterrizar en Colombia y finalizando con el análisis del caso de California, Santan-der. Presenta, de manera clara y detallada, el proceso de coexistencia de los mineros artesanales de California, Santander con la empresa MINESA. Para lograr esto, los ... Read more

    RM 23.48 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gray Gold

    Lead Mining and Its Impact on the Natural and Cultural Environment, 1700–1840

    by Mark Chambers ...
    Winner of the Clark C. Spence Award from the Mining History Association!While the histories of gold, silver, and copper mining and smelting are well studied, lead has not received much scholarly attention despite a long history of both Native American and European desire for the ore. Over time, native peoples made lead ornaments in molds; French and American settlers used lead to form musket balls ... Read more

    RM 176.39 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Anuario iberoamericano de derecho minero

    Fundamentos jurídicos del sector minero en Iberoamérica

    Ante la necesidad de promover el conocimiento técnico e informado del sector minero, el Departamento de Derecho Minero-Energético de la Universidad Externado de Colombia presenta a la comunidad académica, autoridades, empresas, comunidades y organizaciones civiles, el primer Anuario Iberoamericano de Derecho Minero, obra colectiva preparada por `profesionales del derecho conocedores del sector en ... Read more

    RM 31.33 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Land, Chiefs, Mining

    South Africa's North West Province since 1840

    Land, Chiefs, Mining explores aspects of the experience of the Batswana in the thornveld and bushveld regions of the North-West Province, shedding light on defi ning issues, moments and individuals in this lesser known region of South Africa. Some of the focuses are: an important Tswana kgosi (chief ), Moiloa II of the Bahurutshe; responses to and participation in the South African War and its ... Read more

    RM 105.89

  • Geomechanical Processes during Underground Mining

    School of Underground Mining 2012

    This volume deals with economic aspects of mining companies development strategies, various mineral deposits development techniques, imitational modeling of mine workings with rock massif, methane extraction technologies during coal mining, geomechanical processes during plow mining, mining transport importance for mineral extraction, massif ... Read more

    RM 297.93

  • Hard Rock Mine Reclamation

    From Prediction to Management of Acid Mine Drainage

    Hard rock mines have significant effects on the territories where they operate, through both infrastructure construction as well as resource use. Due to their extractive activities, these mines store large quantities of wastes at the surface, which can be both physically and chemically unstable. Reclamation aims to return a mine site to a satisfactory state, meaning that the site should not ... Read more

    RM 309.69

  • Medical Geology in Mining

    Health Hazards Due to Metal Toxicity

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book discusses a wide range of health-related mining issues, with particular reference to occupational diseases, metal toxicity, postural injuries in miners, modern fire safety controls, noise-induced hearing loss prevention, and noise mapping. Mining plays a central role in the development of modern civilization. By providing the essential raw materials, mining ensures progress, safety, and ... Read more

    RM 461.19

  • Geomechanical Aspects of Abandoned Room and Pillar Mines and Remediation Measures

    by Ömer Aydan ...
    Series series ISRM Book Series
    Geomechanical Aspects of Abandoned Room and Pillar Mines and Remediation Measures addresses the occurrence, prediction, and control of subsidence issues encountered in room and pillar mining, including creep, degradation, and seismic aspects. The book distinguishes itself by:Presenting a unified treatise on room and pillar minesUsing clear definitions and explanations of fundamental ... Read more

    RM 627.30

  • Mining in World History

    by Martin Lynch ...
    Series series Globalities
    Mining in World History deals with the history of mining and smelting from the Renaissance to the present day, drawing out, in an engaging and fast-paced fashion, the interplay of personalities, politics and technology which have together shaped the metallurgical industries over the last 500 years.Martin Lynch opens with the invention, sometime before the year 1453, of a revolutionary technique ... Read more

    RM 109.49

  • Sustainable Waste Management Practices for the Mining Sector Through Recycling of Mining Waste

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Mining waste management is an important issue for the mining industry since it entails the safe and responsible disposal of waste created during mining operations. This waste comprises tailing, waste rock, and other mining wastes that, if not adequately managed, can pose environmental and health problems. Effective waste management solutions are required to reduce the environmental impact of ... Read more

    RM 712.69

  • The ECPH Encyclopedia of Mining and Metallurgy

    Edited by Kuangdi Xu ...
    This encyclopedia volume comprehensively reflects the basic knowledge and latest research results in the field of mining and metallurgy technology, as well as the latest characteristics of the development in this field. In this reference book, the knowledge system, basic concepts, basic theories, as well as important figures, representative works and institutions of these two engineering ... Read more

    RM 13,315.09

  • Clash at Sunday Creek: Rum, Romanism & Rebellion in Corning and Rendville

    Series series The History Press
    The Tombstone of Early Ohio Southeast Ohio's Little Cities of Black Diamonds was a rugged region in the 1800s. Nowhere was this truer than in Corning and Rendville, mining towns reminiscent of the Wild West era. Gun duels, scandals, lynchings, and murders plagued these places, as intrepid European immigrants and tenacious Black miners relied on raw grit to survive rowdy saloons and perilous coal ... Read more

    RM 35.29 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mechanic Mining Machinery Training

    Theory Book for Training

    by Manoj Dole ...
    Mechanic Mining Machinery Training is a simple e-Book for ITI & Engineering Course Mechanic Mining Machinery. It contains Theory covering all topics including all about safety aspect related to the trade, basic fitting operations viz., making, filing, sawing, chiseling, drilling, tapping, grinding, sliding, T-fit and square fit, Lathe operation, different turning operation including thread cutting ... Read more

    RM 11.72 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mining Development Report of The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member Countries (2023)

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This is the first research report on mining development in the SCO member countries conducted by a Chinese research institute. It focuses on the economic development, mineral resources endowment and current status of mining development, mining investment environment, and cooperation in geosciences and mining industry between China and other SCO member countries. The aim of this book is to promote ... Read more

    RM 167.69

  • Honister Slate Mine

    Utilising a wealth of rare and unpublished images from official archives, authors Alastair Cameron and Liz Withey tell the story behind the development of the Honister Slate Mine in the Lake District. Though the exact date that mining at the site began is unknown, it was undoubtedly in operation shortly after the Norman Conquest. Slate was initially won from the surface of Honister Crag. Later, ... Read more

    RM 43.99

  • Thermo-Poroelasticity and Geomechanics

    Investigations of multi-physical processes in geomaterials have gained increasing attention due to the ongoing interest in solving complex geoenvironmental problems. This book provides a comprehensive exposition of the classical theory of thermo-poroelasticity, complemented by complete examples to problems in thermo-poromechanics that are used to validate computational results from multi-physics ... Read more

    RM 453.39

  • New Mining Tools and Methods for Roadheader Mining Heads

    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book introduces new solutions for mining tools, unique lubricated holders and mining methods for hard-rock mining using mini-disk tools. In the first part, it describes problems connected with hard-rock mining using traditional mining methods like cutting. Then an alternative for conical pick is discussed, the so-called crown or bell pick and a new solution of a holder for conical picks ... Read more

    RM 377.29