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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' PETER FRANKOPAN'Vitally impor... ... Read more

    R208,48

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Mining and Indigenous Livelihoods

    Rights, Revenues, and Resistance

    Edited by Thierry Rodon, Sophie Thériault, Arn Keeling, Séverine Bouard, Andrew Taylor ...
    Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
    This book maps the encounters between Indigenous Peoples and local communities with mining companies in various postcolonial contexts.Combining comparative and multidisciplinary analysis, the contributors to this volume shine a light on how the mining industry might adapt its practices to the political and legal contexts where they operate. Understanding these processes and how communities respond ... Read more

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  • Geochemical Methods of Prospecting for Non-Metallic Minerals

    Edited by I.L. Komov, A.N. Lukashev, A.V. Koplus ...
    Geochemical methods of prospecting for and evaluation of minerals are applied widely today at all stages of geological exploration. However, geochemical methods of prospecting for many classes of non-metallic minerals have not been elaborated. This book is a completely revised, updated and expanded edition of the publication by the same authors, wh ... Read more

    R1 718,71

  • Uranium and Nuclear Energy: 1981

    Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium Held by the Uranium Institute, London, 2 – 4 September, 1981

    by Sam Stuart ...
    Uranium and Nuclear Energy: 1981 is a collection of 27 papers presented at the Sixth International Symposium on Uranium and Nuclear Energy, held by The Uranium Institute, London on September 2-4, 1981. This six-part volume represents a true cross-section of world opinion on nuclear matters. After briefly discussing the leading problems linked to world's energy and ideas concerning possible ... Read more

    R1 221,38

  • Phosphogypsum – Conversion and Capitalization

    International Scientific and Technological Program "Ecology – it is Profitable", #1

    by Valentyn ...
    Series Book 1 - International Scientific and Technological Program "Ecology – it is Profitable"
    This scientific and technological work presents a new global approach to phosphogypsum utilization — transforming industrial waste into valuable material assets.Based on long-term research and industrial experience, the book proposes innovative methods of converting phosphogypsum into high-value products such as potassium sulfate, calcium chloride, and rare earth element concentrates.It provides ... Read more

    R199,44 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Thick Coal Seam Underground Mining

    by Jiachen Wang, Weijie Wei ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book systematically summarizes the main technology and latest advancements of China's thick coal seam underground mining technology. It covers the mine development methods, the top coal caving technology and drawing mechanism, the measurement of top coal recovery and technology to improve the recovery ratio, the large mining height technology and coal wall stability control, large cross ... Read more

    R2 850,15

  • Study on Flow and Hang-up Characteristics of Caved Ore and Rock

    by Hao Sun, Lishan Zhao, He Wang, Xuan Qin ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book investigates in detail the draw theory, physical testing, and numerical simulation analysis technology pertaining to gravity flow. It innovatively explores the structural inhomogeneity of particle flow systems and dynamic behavior among ore and rock particles at macroscopic, mesoscopic, and microscopic levels using interdisciplinary research methods such as statistical physics and ... Read more

    R2 850,15

  • The Crackerjacks

    by Mike Dupont ...
    crack•er•jack (ˈkræk ərˌdʒæk) n. a person or thing that shows marked ability or excellence. The Knoxgold mining company has cheated Joe McDonald and his crew out of their hard-earned bonus, and there’s nothing that they can do about it — until they discover an unknown gold-vein deep inside the mine. Together, they devise a plan to get it past security. The Crackerjacks are mining experts, but do ... Read more

    R191,44

  • Passive Seismic Monitoring of Induced Seismicity

    Fundamental Principles and Application to Energy Technologies

    by David W. Eaton ...
    The past few decades have witnessed remarkable growth in the application of passive seismic monitoring to address a range of problems in geoscience and engineering, from large-scale tectonic studies to environmental investigations. Passive seismic methods are increasingly being used for surveillance of massive, multi-stage hydraulic fracturing and development of enhanced geothermal systems. The ... Read more

    R1 608,38

  • Ores to Metals

    The Rocky Mountain Smelting Industry

    by James E. Fell Jr. ...
    Series series Timberline Books
    This comprehensive treatment of the smelting industry of Colorado, originally published in 1979, is now back in print with a new preface by the author. Packed with fascinating statistics and mining data, Ores to Metals details the people, technologies, and business decisions that have shaped the smelting industry in the Rockies.Although mining holds more of the glamour for those in and interested ... Read more

    R412,15

  • A Mile of Gold Strange Adventures on the Yukon (1898)

    by William M. Stanley ...
    "The most readable volume that has yet appeared about the Yukon...told the story of his successful search for treasure in an entertaining way." -San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 13, 1898"William Stanley, 84, who was with George McCormick when the latter discovered gold in the Klondike died in Pomona after an extended illness...said to have taken $1,500,000 out of the El Dorado district." -San ... Read more

    R85,89

  • Mining the Borderlands

    Industry, Capital, and the Emergence of Engineers in the Southwest Territories, 1855-1910

    by Sarah E. M. Grossman ...
    Series series Mining and Society Series
    At the dawn of the twentieth century, the US-Mexico border was home to some of the largest and most technologically advanced industrial copper mines. This despite being geographically, culturally, and financially far-removed from traditional urban centers of power. Mining the Borderlands argues that this was only possible because of the emergence of mining engineers—a distinct technocratic class ... Read more

    R687,34

  • Coal Industry of the Former USSR

    Coal Supply System and Industry Development

    Edited by A.B. Kovalchuk, P.E. Hardinge ...
    The Coal Industry of the Former USSR presents a two-part study of coal supply systems and development of the industry in the territory of the former USSR. The first part covers the role of coal in the economy, provides an overview of current status and forecast of the eight major coal basins and environmental problems associated with the industry. ... Read more

    R1 436,49

  • The Mechanical Behavior of Salt XI

    Edited by Steven Sobolik, Mathew Ingraham, Edward Matteo, Melissa Mills, Tonya Ross, Donald Conley, John Stormont ...
    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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  • Enduring Legacies

    People of the 1926 Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster

    by Mary V. Tippett ...
    On November 3, 1926, catastrophe struck the Barnes-Hecker mine near the small town of Ishpeming in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In less than fifteen minutes, the mine caved in when a torrent of mud, water and debris collapsed, taking the lives of fifty-one men. Forty-one men were never recovered. The accident was the worst iron ore mine disaster in the history of the State of Michigan, and indeed, ... Read more

    R151,94 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

  • Die Eroberung des Weltraums

    Wissen kompakt, #11

    by Dominik Wörner ...
    Series Book 11 - Wissen kompakt
    Seit der Mensch zum ersten Mal den Nachthimmel betrachtete, fragte er sich, was dort oben liegt. Sterne, Planeten, Dunkelheit – und vielleicht Antworten. Jahrtausende lang blieb der Himmel ein Reich der Mythen, bis Neugier und Mathematik begannen, ihn zu enträtseln. Mit jedem Teleskop, jeder Rechnung, jedem mutigen Traum kam der Mensch seinem uralten Wunsch näher: den Himmel zu erreichen."Wissen ... Read more

    R49,69 or Free with Kobo Plus