Mining Industry

The industrialisation of China prompted the biggest commodity boom of modern times. Soaring prices gave rise to talk of a commodity super cycle and...

Mining in Cornwall and Devon is an economic history of mines, mineral ownership, and mine management in the South West of England. The work brings...

Communities are rightly concerned about the indiscriminate use of natural resources, environmental pollution, poverty, health, and education, among...

In 1611, the seventeen-year-old Gustav Adolf ascended the throne of Sweden. Before the new king could sit on his throne, however, he faced a disast...

A powerful new history of the Great Strike in the miners own voices, based on more than 140 interviews with former miners and their families Forty ...

Delving into the evolving world of mining, the second edition of How Mining Works merges fundamental concepts with the latest advancements making i...

Mineral Beneficiation or ore dressing of run-of-mine ore is an upgrading process to achieve uniform quality, size and maximum tenor ore through the...

The discussion on arsenic in the environment is complex and must grasp the importance of very many, mostly unrelated works on individual aspects. T...

Take a Detailed Look at the Practice of Drystone Retaining Wall ConstructionDrystone retaining walls make very efficient use of local materials, an...

Alkali-Aggregate Reaction in Concrete: A World Review is unique in providing authoritative and up to date expert information on the causes and effe...

Himalaya, the world's most prominent mountain system of the world is a source of sustainence for the social, cultural and economic development of p...

COST is an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, allowing the coordination of nationally-funded research ...

Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Life-Cycle Optimization contains the lectures and papers presented at IABMAS 2010, the Fifth Internation...

The commercial cod fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador was once the most successful fishery in the world. When it collapsed in 1992 causing the l...

From 18681872, German geologist Ferdinand von Richthofen went on an expedition to China. His reports on what he found there would transform Western...

Occupational Safety and Hygiene presents selected papers from the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene SHO2013 (Guimarães, P...

Successful recovery following a disaster depends upon transcending the disciplinary divides of architecture, engineering, and planning and emphasiz...