Mining World

Author : Richard Woldendorp,Jim Wark,Karlheinz Spitz,John Trudinger
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 0415671892

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The World of Mining by Richard Woldendorp,Jim Wark,Karlheinz Spitz,John Trudinger Pdf

In this truly unique celebration of mining, breathtaking aerial photographs by award-winning photographers Jim Wark and Richard Woldendorp accompany ground-level pictures of mines, mine-side oddities, and mine communities. Informed but breezy narratives by mining experts John Trudinger and Karlheinz Spitz identify and explain the images. The World of Mining shows that mining and associated activities can be impressive, attractive, and even spectacular. The book illustrates most if not all aspects of mining and mineral processing, in all its varieties, and from different environments throughout the world. It illustrates the colourful history of mining and its importance to the development of civilisation as we know it. It depicts the wide range of activities in modern mining, from exploration to mine closure, as well as traditional mining by skilled practitioners, using methods adapted to local conditions. A visual feast for anyone interested, with and without a background in the earth sciences or photography. Recommended as well as a primary and secondary school information source on the subject. "...a highly credible and lavishly produced volume..." -- Australian Journal of Mining, November 2011 Check out the author's portal for unbiased and accurate information about mining, its effects on the environment, and the attendant social costs and benefits.

Author : Martin Lynch
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781780230054

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Mining in World History by Martin Lynch Pdf

This book deals with the history of mining and smelting from the Renaissance to the present. Martin Lynch opens with the invention, sometime before 1453, of a revolutionary technique for separating silver from copper. It was this invention which brought back to life the rich copper-silver mines of central Europe, in the process making brass cannon and silver coin available to the ambitious Habsburg emperors, thereby underpinning their quest for European domination. Lynch also discusses the Industrial Revolution and the far-reaching changes to mining and smelting brought about by the steam engine; the era of the gold rushes; the massive mineral developments and technological leaps forward which took place in the USA and South Africa at the end of the 19th century; and, finally, the spread of mass metal-production techniques amid the violent struggles of the 20th century. In an engaging, concise and fast-paced text, he presents the interplay of personalities, politics and technology that have shaped the metallurgical industries over the last 500 years.

Author : George Chang,Marcus Healey,James A. M. McHugh,T.L. Wang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461516392

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Mining the World Wide Web by George Chang,Marcus Healey,James A. M. McHugh,T.L. Wang Pdf

Mining the World Wide Web: An Information Search Approach explores the concepts and techniques of Web mining, a promising and rapidly growing field of computer science research. Web mining is a multidisciplinary field, drawing on such areas as artificial intelligence, databases, data mining, data warehousing, data visualization, information retrieval, machine learning, markup languages, pattern recognition, statistics, and Web technology. Mining the World Wide Web presents the Web mining material from an information search perspective, focusing on issues relating to the efficiency, feasibility, scalability and usability of searching techniques for Web mining. Mining the World Wide Web is designed for researchers and developers of Web information systems and also serves as an excellent supplemental reference to advanced level courses in data mining, databases and information retrieval.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Mineral industries
ISBN : NYPL:33433111536417

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The Mining World by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jeremy Richards
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642011030

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Mining, Society, and a Sustainable World by Jeremy Richards Pdf

This is the first book of peer-reviewed, edited papers that examines the minerals industry in relation to sustainable development. The book takes a proactive, positivist, and solution-oriented approach, while not shying away from the fundamental problems.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1324 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1913
Category : Mineral industries
ISBN : UOM:39015080369633

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Mining and Engineering World by Anonim Pdf

Author : Allison Margaret Bigelow
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469654393

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Mining Language by Allison Margaret Bigelow Pdf

Mineral wealth from the Americas underwrote and undergirded European colonization of the New World; American gold and silver enriched Spain, funded the slave trade, and spurred Spain's northern European competitors to become Atlantic powers. Building upon works that have narrated this global history of American mining in economic and labor terms, Mining Language is the first book-length study of the technical and scientific vocabularies that miners developed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as they engaged with metallic materials. This language-centric focus enables Allison Bigelow to document the crucial intellectual contributions Indigenous and African miners made to the very engine of European colonialism. By carefully parsing the writings of well-known figures such as Cristobal Colon and Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes and lesser-known writers such Alvaro Alonso Barba, a Spanish priest who spent most of his life in the Andes, Bigelow uncovers the ways in which Indigenous and African metallurgists aided or resisted imperial mining endeavors, shaped critical scientific practices, and offered imaginative visions of metalwork. Her creative linguistic and visual analyses of archival fragments, images, and texts in languages as diverse as Spanish and Quechua also allow her to reconstruct the processes that led to the silencing of these voices in European print culture.

Author : Eric C. Orlemann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1610605896

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Power Shovels : The World's Mightiest Mining and Construction Excavators by Eric C. Orlemann Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1306 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Mineral industries
ISBN : IOWA:31858059334411

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The Mining World by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 946 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Mineral industries
ISBN : UCAL:C2602958

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Mining and Engineering World by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Indexes
ISBN : OSU:32435054857545

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The Mining World Index of Current Literature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Mines and mineral resources
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015617686

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The Mining World Index of Current Literature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Clark C. Spence
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415190096

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British Investments and the American Mining Frontier, 1860-1901 by Clark C. Spence Pdf

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : T. D. Hackett,Donna L. Boreck,D. R. Clarke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Coal mines and mining
ISBN : UOM:39015078458331

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Multislice Mining for Thick Western Coal Seams by T. D. Hackett,Donna L. Boreck,D. R. Clarke Pdf

Author : Karlheinz Spitz,John Trudinger
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781351183659

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Mining and the Environment by Karlheinz Spitz,John Trudinger Pdf

The history of mining is replete with controversy of which much is related to environmental damage and consequent community outrage. Over recent decades, this has led to increased pressure to improve the environmental and social performance of mining operations, particularly in developing countries. The industry has responded by embracing the ideals of sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Mining and the Environment identifies and discusses the wide range of social and environmental issues pertaining to mining, with particular reference to mining in developing countries, from where many of the project examples and case studies have been selected. Following an introductory overview of pressing issues, the book illustrates how environmental and social impact assessment, such as defined in "The Equator Principles", integrates with the mining lifecycle and how environmental and social management aims to eliminate the negative and accentuate the positive mining impacts. Practical approaches are provided for managing issues ranging from land acquisition and resettlement of Indigenous peoples, to the technical aspects of acid rock drainage and mine waste management. Moreover, thorough analyses of ways and means of sharing non-transitory mining benefits with host communities are presented to allow mining to provide sustainable benefits for the affected communities. This second edition of Mining and the Environment includes new chapters on Health Impact Assessment, Biodiversity and Gender Issues, all of which have become more important since the first edition appeared a decade ago. The wide coverage of issues and the many real-life case studies make this practice-oriented book a reference and key reading. It is intended for environmental consultants, engineers, regulators and operators in the field and for students to use as a course textbook. As much of the matter applies to the extractive industries as a whole, it will also serve environmental professionals in the oil and gas industries. Karlheinz Spitz and John Trudinger both have multiple years of experience in the assessment of mining projects around the world. The combination of their expertise and knowledge about social, economic, and environmental performance of mining and mine waste management has resulted in this in-depth coverage of the requirements for responsible and sustainable mining.