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  • Ethereum: Guide to Blockchain Technology With Tips, Hacks and Guides for Mining Ethereum (Understand Ethereum Mining, Smart Contracts, and Decentralized Applications)

    by Jared Neil ...
    Once only used to buy items on the black market bitcoin investing and blockhain technology is now a investors dream! Now is the greatest time in history to capitalize on bitcoin investing with virtual currency being the greatest investment opportunity since the Internet invention itself.Bitcoin pathed the way for crypto currency introducing the world to the idea of virtual money and all its ... Read more

    S$ 4.09 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Material World

    A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future

    by Ed Conway ...
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*An Economist, Financial Times, Times and New Statesman Book of the Year***Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year Award and the British Academy Book Prize, Longlisted for the Wainwright Conservation Writing Prize'Compelling'** TIM MARSHALL'Lively, rich and exciting' PETER FRANKOPAN'Vitally impor... ... Read more

    S$ 16.12 SGD

  • The Elements of Power

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

    by Nicolas Niarchos ...
    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

    S$ 24.62 SGD

  • Diamonds, Gold, and War

    The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa

    by Martin Meredith ...
    Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced upon the world's richest deposits of diamonds and gold, setting off a titanic struggle between the British and the Boers for control of the land. The result was the costliest, bloodiest, and ... Read more

    S$ 15.47 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 7.98 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    S$ 15.14 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 3.13 SGD

  • Science & Resources

    Prospects and Implications of Technological Advance

    by Henry Jarrett ...
    Series series RFF Policy and Governance Set
    First Published in 2011. This title explores the difficult and critical questions of the recent advances in science and technology and their strong influence on the production and use of natural resources. Planners, administrators, and ordinary voters must be aware of the physical and biological possibilities and limitations of their plans and aspirations; and scientists and technologists must ... Read more

    S$ 103.11 SGD

  • At the Coalface

    My life as a miner's wife

    by Catherine Paton Black ...
    Growing up in a mining family, Cath's husband Doug promised his father he wouldn't follow in his dangerous footsteps. But after struggling with terrible poverty in 1970s Scotland, Doug decided a pit job would provide his wife and young family much needed security, despite extraordinary risks to life and limb. Every day, Cath kissed her husband goodbye, not knowing if she'd see him again as he went ... Read more

    S$ 15.47 SGD

  • Drilling in the Permafrost

    Russian Translations Series, volume 84

    by B.B. Kudyashov, A.M. Yakovlev ...
    First published in 1991. This volume presents a brief description of the natural conditions of the permafrost regions, the properties of the permafrost and the processes occurring in it, the fundamentals of the heat transfer processes during drilling and the service temperature conditions of the tool. Methods and devices for cooling the flushing media, principles of quality control of flushing ... Read more

    S$ 327.50 SGD

  • Geotechnical Instrumentation and Monitoring in Open Pit and Underground Mining

    Edited by T. Szwedzicki ...
    As mining operations increase in scale and mines go progressively deeper, the geotechnical input into mine design is of importance. This book covers topics in geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring, including coverage of groundwater, displacement and environmental monitoring. ... Read more

    S$ 703.78 SGD

  • Estimator's Piping Man-hours Tool (Second Edition)

    Estimating Man-Hours for Carbon Steel Process Piping Projects: A Practical Manual with Examples

    by Gustavo Cinca ...
    Series Book 1 - Estimator's Piping Man-hours Toolkit
    Estimator's Piping Man-hours ToolSecond Edition, Revised and ExpandedA Practical Guide to Calculating Man-Hours for Carbon Steel Process Piping InstallationsMaster cost estimation for piping projects with the second edition of this manual-an indispensable tool now enriched with new technical content and a completely professional design. Created for engineers, estimators, designers, and project ... Read more

    S$ 8.35 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    S$ 37.70 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 129.15 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 126.87 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 7.51 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    S$ 10.98 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    S$ 219.19 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 12.85 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 56.45 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 17.97 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    S$ 119.45 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 32.14 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 248.40 SGD