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  • 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'</stron... ... Read more

    R246,43

  • 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

  • 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 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 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 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 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

  • 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

    R458,61

  • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

    Volume 2: Applications of Rock Mechanics - Rock Engineering

    by Ömer Aydan ...
    The two-volume set Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering is concerned with the application of the principles of mechanics to physical, chemical and electro-magnetic processes in the upper-most layers of the earth and the design and construction of the rock structures associated with civil engineering and exploitation or extraction of natural resources in mining and petroleum engineering. Volume 2, ... Read more

    R1 436,49

  • Making Sense of Mining History

    Themes and Agendas

    Edited by Stefan Berger, Peter Alexander ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Modern History
    This book draws together international contributors to analyse a wide range of aspects of mining history across the globe including mining archaeology, technologies of mining, migration and mining, the everyday life of the miner, the state and mining, industrial relations in mining, gender and mining, environment and mining, mining accidents, the visual history of mining, and mining heritage. The ... Read more

    Was R1 231,24 Now R1 102,96

  • Aufbruch zu neuen Technologien im Berg und Hüttenwesen des 16. Jahrhunderts

    by Friedrich Naumann ...
    Der erzgebirgische Bergbau, der sich bis ins 12. Jahrhundert zurückverfolgen lässt, erlebt in seiner zweiten Hauptperiode (1450 - 1620) mit der Entdeckung zahlreicher neuer Lagerstätten eine besondere Ausprägung. Denn die Erschließung größerer Teufenbereiche zielt auch auf neue technische Lösungen auf den Gebieten Abbau, Förderung, Wasserhaltung, Markscheidewesen, Aufbereitung und Verhüttung. ... Read more

    R48,21

  • Gold-Mining Boomtown

    People of White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory

    by Roberta Key Haldane ...
    The town of White Oaks, New Mexico Territory, was born in 1879 when prospectors discovered gold at nearby Baxter Mountain. In Gold-Mining Boomtown, Roberta Key Haldane offers an intimate portrait of the southeastern New Mexico community by profiling more than forty families and individuals who made their homes there during its heyday.Today, fewer than a hundred people live in White Oaks. Its ... Read more

    R458,03

  • Ten Commitments

    Reshaping the Lucky Country's Environment

    Edited by David Lindenmayer, Stephen Dovers, Molly Harriss Olson, Steve Morton ...
    In Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country’s Environment, leading environmental thinkers in Australia have written provocative chapters on environmental issues facing the nation. Each chapter includes 10 key issues that must be urgently addressed to improve Australia’s environment. The book is organised by ecosystem, by sector and by cross-cutting themes. Topics include: deserts, rangelands, ... Read more

    R396,85

  • Interfacial Phenomena in Coal Technology

    by Botsaris ...
    Series series Surfactant Science
    A different face of coal than that seen by miners. Focusses on the conversion of coal to a liquid and the clean utilization of coal. Among topics discussed are surface phenomena involved in the beneficiation processes, flotation and spherical agglomeration, and the modification of coal-fluid interfaces. ... Read more

    R6 157,48

  • The Engineering Science of Mineral Processing

    A Fundamental and Practical Approach

    by Fernando Concha A, Osvaldo A. Bascur ...
    The Engineering Science of Mineral Processing: A Fundamental and Practical Approach emphasizes the fundamentals of mineral processing to provide readers with a deep understanding of the science and phenomena that occur during the processing of ores. It also offers guidance on contemporary process implementation through practical industry applications. It includes examples of dynamic simulations ... Read more

    Was R3 488,98 Now R3 129,80

  • Managing Our World

    GIS for Natural Resources

    Edited by Geoff Wade, Matt Artz ...
    Series Book 13 - Applying GIS
    Discover The Geographic Approach to managing natural resources for efficiency and sustainability.Managing Our World: GIS for Natural Resources explores a collection of real-life stories about agriculture, forestry, mining, energy, pipeline, and renewable energy organizations successfully using GIS to streamline workflows, gain competitive insight, improve sustainability efforts, and more.Learn how ... Read more

    R316,01

  • Coordination Principle of Minerals Flotation

    by Jianhua Chen ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The advent of flotation, with selective interaction of reagents with minerals at its core, has greatly advanced the development of modern mining. Ever since, there has been continuous researched into the mechanism of mineral-reagent interactions, in an effort to design and develop more effective reagents. A unique perspective from coordination is presented to illustrate the principles of reagent ... Read more

    R2 671,90

  • The Land of Gold: The Narrative of a Journey Through the West Australian Goldfields in the Autumn of 1895

    by Julius M. Price ...
    "Racy account, with vivacity of style." -Publishers' Circular"Most entertaining, interesting account of his travels." -Journal of the Royal Colonial Inst."Of considerable interest, pleasantly written." -Westminster Review"Interesting, pleasantly told, time well spent." -Bookseller MagazineIn the autumn of 1895, Mr. Julius M. Price visited Westertn Australia as the special artist-correspondent of ... Read more

    R190,93 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Geotechnical Issues in Energy, Infrastructure and Disaster Management

    ICGEID 2024, January 18–20, IIT, Patna, India

    Edited by Amit Kumar Verma, T. N. Singh, Edy Tonnizam Mohamad, A. K. Mishra, Ranjith Pathegama Gamage, Ramesh Bhatawdekar, Stephen Wilkinson ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book consists of selected papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Geotechnical Issues in Energy, Infrastructure and Disaster Management (ICGEID 2024), held on January 19-20, 2024 at IIT, Patna, India. The papers represent the research work in the related fields of underground mining, ground control, mining geotechnics, geo-instrumentation, mine tunneling, and underground ... Read more

    R6 217,12

  • From Samurai to Engineer-Manager

    The Case Study of Ōhara Junnosuke (1859–96), Mining Specialist in Meiji Japan

    by Erich Pauer ...
    From Samurai to Engineer-Manager reconstructs the life and work of the Japanese mining engineer Ōhara Junnosuke in the early decades of Japan’s industrialization.While Japan's political and socio-economic development during the Meiji period has been extensively researched, the technological/technical foundations that were crucial to its success have remained largely obscure. Drawing on unique, ... Read more

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  • Solid Gold Critical Minerals, and the Fight for Economic Hegemony

    by Dr. Yashvardhan Rana ...
    THE PETRO-ERA IS DEAD. THE MINERAL-STATE ERA HAS ARRIVED."Destiny is no longer dug from the earth; it is forged in the furnace of sovereignty."True geopolitical dominance no longer flows from liquid crude—it is dictates by 99.999% pure crystalline substrates. In this explosive, path-breaking analysis of 21st-century geoeconomics, Dr. Yashvardhan Rana exposes the invisible warfare shaping the new ... Read more

    R49,03 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • New Directions in Mineral Processing, Extractive Metallurgy, Recycling and Waste Minimization

    An EPD Symposium in Honor of Patrick R. Taylor

    Edited by Ramana G. Reddy, Alexandra Anderson, Corby G. Anderson, Camille Fleuriault, Erik D. Spiller, Mark Strauss, Edgar E. Vidal, Mingming Zhang ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This collection addresses new research and technology for increased efficiency, energy reduction, and waste minimization in mineral processing, extractive metallurgy, and recycling. Professor Patrick R. Taylor and his students have been studying these topics for the past 45 years. Chapters include new directions in:· Mineral Processing· Hydrometallurgy· Pyrometallurgy· Electrometallurgy· Metals ... Read more

    R3 723,11

  • 100 Years of the Mines Rescue Service

    by Malcolm Davies ...
    This book is to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Mines Rescue Service in the Rhondda Valleys and South Wales Based at the Dinas Mines Rescue Station, Rhondda many thousands of volunteer miners were trained to become members of their colliery rescue team; to deal with the many hundreds of varied underground emergencies, sadly many resulting in loss of life. All coalfields in Britain and ... Read more

    R62,09