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  • Guidelines for Open Pit Slope Design in Weak Rocks

    Edited by Derek Martin, Peter Stacey ...
    Weak rocks encountered in open pit mines cover a wide variety of materials, with properties ranging between soil and rock. As such, they can provide a significant challenge for the slope designer. For these materials, the mass strength can be the primary control in the design of the pit slopes, although structures can also play an important role. Because of the typically weak nature of the ... Read more

    R2 246,97

  • 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

    R208,48

  • Mine Design, Planning and Sustainable Exploitation in the Digital Age

    by A.J.S. (Sam) Spearing, Liqiang Ma, Cong-An Ma ...
    Mine Design, Planning and Sustainable Exploitation in the Digital Age covers mine planning, design and exploitation taking cognizance of new developments, especially those associated with the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the positive influence that it has, and will have, on the mining industry. It refers to latest best practices with emphasis on the social license to operate and sustainable ... Read more

    R3 745,55

  • The Miner's Daughter

    The second dramatic and powerful saga in the beloved Families of Fairley Terrace series

    by Jennie Felton ...
    Series Book 2 - The Families of Fairley Terrace
    The enthralling second book in the beloved classic series from 'one of the nation's favourite saga author' (Lancashire Post) in the grand tradition of Katie Flynn, Dilly Court and Josephine Cox.Jennie's heartwarming and heartrending sagas are richly praised!'Jennie Felton knows how to tell a cracking story and keep the reader gripped... if you enjoy reading books in the style of Catherine Cookson ... Read more

    R227,34

  • The Mechanical Behavior of Salt X

    PROCEEDINGS OF THE 10TH CONFERENCE ON THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF SALT (SALTMECH X), UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, 06-08 JULY 2022

    Edited by J.H.P. de Bresser, M.R. Drury, P. A. Fokker, M. Gazzani, S.J.T. Hangx, A.R. Niemeijer, C.J. Spiers ...
    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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  • 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

    R2 965,61

  • The Girl Below Stairs

    The third emotionally gripping saga in the beloved Families of Fairley Terrace series

    by Jennie Felton ...
    Series Book 3 - The Families of Fairley Terrace
    'Believable characters, a vivid sense of time and place, thoroughly enjoyable' Rosie GoodwinThe emotionally gripping third book in the beloved classic series from 'one of the nation's favourite saga author' (Lancashire Post) in the grand tradition of Katie Flynn, Dilly Court and Josephine Cox.Jennie's heartwarming and heartrending sagas are richly praised!'Jennie Felton knows how to... ... Read more

    R211,13

  • The Denniston Rose

    by Jenny Pattrick ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Aotearoa Classics
    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

    R194,80

  • The Role of Phytoconstitutents in Health Care

    Biocompounds in Medicinal Plants

    Edited by Megh R. Goyal, Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, Ramasamy Harikrishnan ...
    Series series Innovations in Plant Science for Better Health
    This informative volume provides new insights with scientific evidence on the uses of medicinal plants in the treatment of certain diseases. It reviews various therapies with herbal phytoconstituents for certain types of disorders, modes of action, and pharmacological screening. It focuses on potential benefits of herbal extracts and bioactive compounds for human health care, provides a ... Read more

    R3 566,21

  • Código de Petróleos

    Actualizado y concordado

    by José Vicente Zapata ...
    Las normas que en este texto se citan y los fallos a los que se hace referencia han sido decantados a través de los años, y han permitido que el país perciba ingresos para beneficio de muchos colombianos. Ello no debe subestimarse.El reto actual es lo que se denomina análisis estratégico del derecho minero, energético y petrolero, de cara a sentidas preocupaciones y necesidades sociales, humanas, ... Read more

    R139,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mining in Africa

    Regulation and Development

    Edited by Bonnie Campbell ...
    The continent of Africa is rich in minerals needed by Western economies, but rather than forming the basis for economic growth the mining industry contributes very little to African developmentInvestigating the impact of the 2003 Extractive Industries Review on a number of African countries, the contributors find that a key dimension of the problem lies in the regulatory frameworks imposed on the ... Read more

    R688,15 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Biochar

    A Guide to Analytical Methods

    Edited by Balwant Singh, Marta Camps-Arbestain, Johannes Lehmann ...
    Interest in biochar among soil and environment researchers has increased dramatically over the past decade. Biochar initially attracted attention for its potential to improve soil fertility and to uncouple the carbon cycle, by storing carbon from the atmosphere in a form that can remain stable for hundreds to thousands of years. Later it was found that biochar had applications in environmental and ... Read more

    R1 146,08

  • Environmental Scenario in Indian Mining Industry - an Overview

    by Ram Pratap Singh ...
    Environmental management plan is made an integral part of the Mine plan. For the sake of cost consideration many mine management do not bother much for its implementation in true spirit. The need of hour is to implement it to the maximum possible extent taking help, even financial, from the government and NGOs. Various component of mining affecting environmental balance and environmental measures ... Read more

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  • Vermont's Marble Industry

    by Catherine Miglorie ...
    Series series Images of America
    The marble deposits in Vermont are some of the richest in the world. Vermont�s Marble Industry takes readers deep inside the quarries of the Green Mountain State to show how stone was sawed and raised from the earth to be cut, polished, and carved into monuments and structures that today are spread across the country. During the late 1800s, the marble industry flourished and the mighty Vermont ... Read more

    R226,70 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Adaptive Approach to Petroleum Reservoir Simulation

    by Stanislav Ursegov, Armen Zakharian ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents unique features of the adaptive modeling approach based on new machine learning algorithms for petroleum exploration, development, and production. The adaptive approach helps simulation engineers and geoscientists to create adequate geological and hydrodynamic models. This approach is proven to be a real alternative to traditional techniques, such as deterministic modeling. ... Read more

    R979,67

  • Deadwood Gold

    A Story of the Black Hills

    by George W. Stokes ...
    "Deadwood Gold...is a graphic well written story of the doings of people in the early days of Deadwood and the Black Hills...Stokes was a pioneer of Deadwood, was a miner." -The Daily Deadwood Pioneer-Times, August 24, 1922"Stokes was a pioneer in the Black Hills coming from Denver...in the winter of '75...mined for a time in Palmer gulch...his narrative brings an understanding of the methods of ... Read more

    R85,89

  • Gold Fever: No-Hassle Guide to Finding Real Gold Across America

    by Tom Massie ...
    Catch Gold Fever with Tom Massie!Dive into the ultimate beginner's guide to gold prospecting, straight from the legendary host of "Gold Fever" on the Outdoor Channel. Tom Massie, co-founder of the Gold Prospectors Association of America (GPAA), shares his decades of knee-deep adventures in this fun, no-nonsense e-book.Whether you're inspired by TV shows like Gold Rush or just craving a family ... Read more

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  • 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

    R130,28 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

    R1 880,70

  • 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

    R877,32

  • The War Underground 1914–18: Tactics and Equipment

    by Simon Jones ...
    Series Book 256 - Elite
    This absorbing illustrated study reveals the evolving tactics and techniques used by all sides in the underground war during 1914–18.Covering the Western Front but also the Gallipoli and Italian theatres, this study explores three aspects of World War I below ground: military mining, attack tunnels and dugouts. In 1914–17, the underground war was a product of static trench warfare, essential to ... Read more

    R273,00

  • Railways of the North Pennines

    The Rise and Fall of the Railways Serving the North Pennine Orefield

    by Dr Tom Bell ...
    This illustrated history describes how the two pioneering railways of northern England, the Stockton and Darlington and Newcastle and Carlisle railways, developed from unsuccessful canal proposals and how they, with the ill-fated Stanhope and Tyne Railway, initiated the development of the railway system that served the North Pennine Orefield. It reveals the public and private railways, as well as ... Read more

    R254,14 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Understanding FIDIC

    The Rainbow Suite

    by Kelvin Hughes ...
    Series series Understanding Construction
    Understanding FIDIC explains in simple and practical terms what is often seen as a very complex range of international engineering and construction contracts.Covering the FIDIC 2017 Red, Yellow and Silver Books (referred to as "The Rainbow Suite"), the book gives an overview of all three contracts, including coverage of changes between the 1999 contracts and the present 2017 suite. FIDIC contracts ... Read more

    R1 385,18

  • External Field-Intensified Materials Processing

    Edited by Zhiwei Peng, Jiann-Yang Hwang, Roger Ruan, Robin Augustine, Morsi M. Mahmoud, Manoj Gupta, Joonho Lee ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This collection emphasizes the advances of materials processing using various external fields, including electromagnetic fields, electric fields, and gravitational fields, aiming to address challenges in sustainable and efficient processing of different forms of materials. Contributions cover technologies including minerals engineering, metal extraction, materials synthesis and processing, waste ... Read more

    R3 562,69