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  • Big Data

    A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think

    by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Kenneth Cukier ...
    A revelatory exploration of the hottest trend in technology and the dramatic impact it will have on the economy, science, and society at large.Which paint color is most likely to tell you that a used car is in good shape? How can officials identify the most dangerous New York City manholes before they explode? And how did Google searches predict the spread of the H1N1 flu outbreak?The key to ... Read more

    PHP691.69

  • Steinbruch

    by Herbert Lachmayer ...
    Inhalt Walter Eppensteiner: Allgegenwärtigkeit des Steins. Walter Eppensteiner: Vom Werden und Vergehen des Steins. Maria Heinrich: Steinbrüche in Österreich. Walter Eppensteiner: Zur Geschichte der Abbautechniken. Käthe Springer: Arbeit mit Stein. Walter Eppesteiner: Steintransport. Stefan Imhof: Die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung der Steinbrüche in Österreich. Stefan Imhof: Steinbruchunternehmen in ... Read more

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  • 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

    PHP667.89

  • La pierre à tout faire

    Tous consommateurs de cailloux

    by Pascal B ...
    Series series Eau & Terre & Feu & Air
    Après l'eau, ce sont les cailloux que nous consommons le plus, environ 7 tonnes par habitant par an (en France) autant que de déchets. Les besoins de cailloux augmentent alors que les zones d’extraction diminuent. En effet, c’est le calcaire et l’argile qui sont les ingrédients de base pour le ciment ou la chaux, le gypse pour le plâtre et le sable à 99% de silice pour le verre. Mais ce n’est pas ... Read more

    PHP150.71

  • Spon's Quarry Guide

    To the British hard rock industry

    by H. Gill, Mr D I E Jones, D.I.E. Jones, J.L. Watson ...
    Spon's Quarry Guide provides complete and up-to-date information on all of Britain's hard rock quarrying industry. For over 700 quarries it gives full address, OS Map Number and grid reference, telephone and contact names. Rock type, colour, grain and products are listed. The Guide also gives, for the first time in any publication, the plant and eq ... Read more

    PHP37,574.98

  • Induced Seismicity

    by P. Knoll ...
    In this work, some of the latest advantages in the field of induced seismicity are concentrated for mining-induced (MIS), reservoir-induced (RIS), injection-induced (IIS) and extraction-induced (EIS) seismicity. Included are case studies and generalizations of investigations. ... Read more

    PHP30,799.16

  • Company "A" Corps of Engineers, U.S.A., 1846-1848, in the Mexican War, by Gustavus Woodson Smith

    by Hudson ...
    The U.S. Company of Sappers, Miners, and Pontooniers, which Congress authorized on May 13, 1846, quickly became one of the army's elite units. During the Mexico City campaign, Company 'A' played a significant role in scouting, building fortifications, and setting artillery batteries. Gustavus Woodson Smith, the unit commander and author of the text, describes the training and discipline of the ... Read more

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  • To Save the Land and People

    A History of Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia

    by Chad Montrie ...
    Surface coal mining has had a dramatic impact on the Appalachian economy and ecology since World War II, exacerbating the region's chronic unemployment and destroying much of its natural environment. Here, Chad Montrie examines the twentieth-century movement to outlaw surface mining in Appalachia, tracing popular opposition to the industry from its inception through the growth of a militant ... Read more

    PHP1,662.69

  • Rock Fractures in Geological Processes

    by Agust Gudmundsson ...
    Rock fractures control many of Earth's dynamic processes, including plate-boundary development, tectonic earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and fluid transport in the crust. An understanding of rock fractures is also essential for effective exploitation of natural resources such as ground water, geothermal water, and petroleum. This book combines results from fracture mechanics, materials science, ... Read more

    PHP5,707.79

  • The Rock Physics Handbook

    by Gary Mavko, Tapan Mukerji, Jack Dvorkin ...
    Responding to the latest developments in rock physics research, this popular reference book has been thoroughly updated while retaining its comprehensive coverage of the fundamental theory, concepts, and laboratory results. It brings together the vast literature from the field to address the relationships between geophysical observations and the underlying physical properties of Earth materials - ... Read more

    PHP5,606.69

  • Copper Mining in Santa Rita, New Mexico, 1801-1838

    A New Mexico Centennial History Series Book

    by Helen J. Lundwall, Terrence Humble, Helen Lundwall ...
    "Santa Rita del Cobre" is the story of the formative years (1801-1838) of a remarkable mine in southwestern New Mexico that has produced copper for more than 200 years. Records of the Spanish Colonial and early Mexican period have yielded intriguing accounts of the people involved in the early development of the mines, the difficulties they encountered along the way, and the importance of this ... Read more

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  • Potosí: el rostro de la muerte

    Megaminería y globalización en los siglos XVI y XVII. Segunda edición

    by Hermes Tovar Pinzón ...
    Series series Ciencias Humanas
    Estudiar Potosí, el centro minero del Alto Perú que inundó de plata los caminos y rutas que vinculaban a América con Europa y a Europa con Asia en el siglo XVI y la primera mitad del siglo XVII, parecería no tener sentido, gracias a las innumerables investigaciones acerca de su importancia en la economía mundial. Sin embargo, en esta investigación se estudian la condición colonial de la ciudad de ... Read more

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  • Mechanical Properties of Layered Rock Mass

    by Xianhui Feng, Bin Gong ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book focuses on revealing the anisotropic mechanical behaviors of layered rock masses subjected to various dynamic loads, by means of theoretical analyses, physical experiments and numerical simulations. It aims at elucidating the effects of structural planes on the mechanical properties, fracture characteristics and failure modes of rock masses. Notably, the book introduces a novel strength ... Read more

    PHP9,687.79

  • 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

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  • PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF MINERAL PROCESSING

    Comminution

    by Dr. José Ángel Delgadillo Gómez ...
    Dr José Ángel Delgadillo Gómez is the Director of Minpro University and a Founding Partner of Minpro Consultants. He is a consultant and trainer for mining companies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Guatemala, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Chile and Nicaragua. He has over 29 years' experience optimising mineral processing plants in the mining and metallurgical industry. He graduated from the ... Read more

    PHP2,494.79

  • Railways and Industry in the Tondu Valleys

    Bridgend to Treherbert

    by John Hodge, Stuart V Davies ...
    Series series South Wales Valleys
    A comprehensive history of a Welsh railway hub and the coal companies and passengers it has served.The book begins with a history of the industrial development of the Tondu Valleys, including the succession of great industrialists who led the way in the area. This is followed by a chapter on the position of the Tondu Valleys in the South Wales Coalfield with colliery and colliery company details. ... Read more

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  • Mining in Ecologically Sensitive Landscapes

    Edited by Mark Tibbett ...
    Mining in Ecologically Sensitive Landscapes explores the interface between geology and botany, and mining and conservation. Many areas of unusual geology that contain ore-bearing bodies also support unique ecological communities of plants and animals. Increasing demand to exploit rich mineral deposits can lead to a conflict between mining and conservation interests in such landscapes. This book ... Read more

    PHP5,275.59

  • Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals of Hydrocyclones and Its Applications in the Mining Industry

    by Fernando Concha A., Juan Luis Bouso A. ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book covers topics on engineering science, technology and applications of the classification of particles in liquids suspensions in hydrocyclones. It is divided into 12 chapters starting with the introduction of the hydrocyclone to the mining industry and its several applications of classification, followed by the fundamentals of classification. A special chapter on the fundamentals of ... Read more

    PHP10,979.59

  • Honister Slate Mine

    by Alastair Cameron, Liz Withey ...
    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

    PHP667.89

  • Coal Production and Processing Technology

    Edited by M.R. Riazi, Rajender Gupta ...
    Series series Fuels and Petrochemicals
    Coal Production and Processing Technology provides uniquely comprehensive coverage of the latest coal technologies used in everything from mining to greenhouse gas mitigation. Featuring contributions from experts in industry and academia, this book:Discusses coal geology, characterization, beneficiation, combustion, coking, gasification, and liquef ... Read more

    PHP4,496.06

  • Coal Processing and Utilization

    by D.V. Subba Rao, T. Gouricharan ...
    This book is a direct outgrowth of classes that the authors gave over a period of three decades to a university audience taking a Mineral Beneficiation course as a major that included coal processing and utilization. It is designed to be used as a student's (or layman's) first introduction to coal processing and utilization, motivating the concepts ... Read more

    PHP6,652.00

  • Lake Eyre Basin Rivers

    Environmental, Social and Economic Importance

    Edited by Richard Kingsford ...
    Water is scarce in the Lake Eyre Basin in the heart of Australia. The region goes through natural cycles of boom and bust, and the flooding of the basin rivers is accompanied by spectacular responses from wildlife and vegetation. However, the Lake Eyre Basin faces the threat of diversion of water from rivers and wetlands and development of floodplains for irrigation and mining. Around the world, ... Read more

    PHP1,993.59

  • Fifty Years on the Trail

    by John Young Nelson ...
    "One of the most experienced of American trappers." - Saturday Review, 1887"A thorough plainsman, his standing as a train guide was most enviable, being sought for by all." -Buffalo Bill's Wild West (1887)"His adventures are among the strangest and the most amusing in the world." - The Bookmart, 1890"The Casanova of the Trail, a more splendid natural ruffian, one more candid, cautious, daring, and ... Read more

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  • Mining of Mineral Deposits

    Edited by Genadiy Pivnyak, Volodymyr Bondarenko, Iryna Kovalevs'ka, Mykhaylo Illiashov ...
    In the last decades coal production capacity has increased rapidly and its quality, power and the reliability of equipment has steadily improved. Moreover, stability of production processes can be controlled better. In connection with that, unification of scientific schools focusing on "Mining of deposits" is an integral trend from the viewpoint of technical and technological policy. This ... Read more

    PHP6,097.62