This volume explores how communities, companies, and governments contest and shape the evolution of norms, rules, and decision-making processes that govern stakeholder consultation in extractive industries. It will interest students and scholars res...Lasīt vairāk
This book provides essential guidance on mine safety for mining professionals. From navigating complex hazards to interpreting evolving standards, it offers indispensable insights tailored to the unique challenges of the mining sector. Readers wil...Lasīt vairāk
This book, the first of its kind in industrial decarbonization, presents the research and development efforts in materials and processes for industrial decarbonization, including but not limited to chemical, cement, iron/steel, paper/pulp, buildin...Lasīt vairāk
In Shredding Paper, Michael G. Hillard examines how Maine, once the nations leader in paper production, saw its powerful industry decline. From the early twentieth century to the 1960s, Maines paper mills shaped the s...Lasīt vairāk
This volume provides a transdisciplinary analysis of the political, social and environmental aspects of governance and its implementation in the mining sector.In a world profoundly shaped by the energy transition and the urgency of climate...Lasīt vairāk
This book promulgates Natural Carbonation Prediction (NCP) model comprising experiments, data mining and analyses, along with mathematical formulations and refinements aimed at developing quantitative engineering methods, to address carbonation an...Lasīt vairāk
Managing Mass Timber: A Guide to Delivering Large-Scale Mass Timber Construction Projects provides practitioners and students with a deep operational knowledge of constructing large scale mass timber structures. Mass ti...Lasīt vairāk
Managing Mass Timber provides practitioners and students with a deep operational knowledge of constructing large scale mass timber structures. Managing Mass Timber: A Guide to Delivering Large-Scale Mass Timber Cons...Lasīt vairāk
Restoration and Sustainable Development of Mine-Affected Soils and Degraded Lands: Advances for Natural Resources Conservation and Land Sustainability delves into the latest advancements in sustainable post-mining land development. This compre...Lasīt vairāk
Originally published in 1984, at a time when international commodity control was brought from the periphery to the centre of international trade policy, this book provided a new and more comprehensive approach to, and an analytical appraisal of, i...Lasīt vairāk
The basic principle of the railway is one of great antiquity and wooden railways were used in many European mines from the fourteenth to the twentieth century. But the most far-reaching developments, as Dr. Lewis shows in this classic and hard-to-...Lasīt vairāk
Construction Mathematics is an introductory level mathematics text, written specifically for students of construction and related disciplines. The third edition of this popular textbook is fully updated to match new curricula,...Lasīt vairāk
Construction Mathematics is an introductory level mathematics text, written specifically for students of construction and related disciplines. Construction Mathematics is an introductory level mathematics text,...Lasīt vairāk
This book explains how and why Zimbabwes extractive industry indigenisation over-promised its benefits yet under-delivered upon implementation. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of the extractive industries, natural res...Lasīt vairāk
Providing an exploration of the discussion on how a stronger ethical basis for the work of EHPs can contribute to improved public health, because EHPs/EHOs come into daily contact with members of the public to address threats to their health and w...Lasīt vairāk
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia stands as a pivotal figure in the twenty-first-century geopolitical landscape, embodying both transformative ambition and strategic acumen. As the architect of Vision 2030, he has undertaken the monum...Lasīt vairāk
Presents a unique approach to the teaching of PM by blending theory, application, and case studies. Each chapter presents a different tool or technique used by project managers, covers the what, how and why and illustrates with a case study....Lasīt vairāk
Project Management Tools and Techniques: A Guide to Good Practice presents a unique approach to the teaching of project management by blending theory, application, and case studies. Each chapter presents a dif...Lasīt vairāk
This volume focuses on mining and the challenges for this industry as it transitions and evolves as the demand for products and responsible and sustainable mining ever increases.Mining is a prerequisite for modern society, yet the industry...Lasīt vairāk
History of Construction Cultures Volume 1 contains papers presented at the 7ICCH Seventh International Congress on Construction History, held at the Lisbon School of Architecture, Portugal, from 12 to 16 July, 2021. The conference has been organize...Lasīt vairāk
This book covers various areas of mining and metallurgic industries pollution of water, food crops, ambient air and farmlands, and their related salient impacts on residents well-b...Lasīt vairāk
Carbon Capture and Storage in the Oil and Gas Industry: Solutions for the Energy Transition introduces engineers to the basics in CCUS and how oil and gas can support activity. Containing both academic and corporate contributors, topics includ...Lasīt vairāk
The main and first objective of this well-illustrated open access book is to introduce, define and explain common terms and concepts in earthquake and mine seismology. In seismology diverse fields, ranging from...Lasīt vairāk
Oil and gas investing has long been a pathway to wealth for those in the know. In How to Invest in Oil, Rich Tabaka reveals how this often-overlooked sector can deliver financial freedom, tax advantages, and portfolio diversification. Dra...Lasīt vairāk
Rock salt formations have long been recognized as a valuable resource and this volume presents a collection of 83 research papers defining the state-of-the-art in the field. Topics range from fundamental work on deformation mechanisms and damage o...Lasīt vairāk
Wolfram Heinz Dressler, Kimberley Anh Thomas, Mary Mostafanezhad, Annie Shattuck, Alison Copeland, Anthony Bebbington, Franck Billé, Helena Varkkey, Sango Mahanty, Carl Grundy-Warr...
(Izdošanas datums: 31-Jul-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: University of Hawai'i Press, ISBN-13: 9780824898465)
In Southeast Asia, atmospheric violence emerges from the haze plumes of burning of palm oil plantations, the invisible but powerful spread of viral flows, and the subordination of upland farmers who have long depended on fire to clear land for new c...Lasīt vairāk
In 1995 the International Atomic Energy Agency published a hard copy map of World Distribution of Uranium Deposits, in collaboration with the Geological Survey of Canada. The map was based upon an early version of the IAEAs uranium database UDEPO a...Lasīt vairāk
This publication examines the benefits and challenges of recovering uranium from phosphate ores as an alternative to conventional uranium mining. It considers the low cost of uranium extraction from phosphate ores, its potential profitability and di...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 31-Jul-2025, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: University of Nevada Press, ISBN-13: 9781647792466)
The Cortez Hills Expansion Project archaeological excavations uncovered a wealth of information about the Cortez Mining District, from its beginning in 1863 to the government-mandated end to the mining of precious metals in the district during World...Lasīt vairāk
First published in 1975, South Wales Miners reveals a conspiracy between the Baldwin-Churchill Government and the mineowners, not only to cut wages and lengthen hours, but to cripple British trade unionism....Lasīt vairāk
First published in 1953, The Miners: Years of Struggle is the official history of the British miners, which draws on original sources, moving into the stormy period when the economic bargaining of the million colliery employees with the min...Lasīt vairāk
Manipulating the design process can be a stressful learning experience and it can be difficult to decide how to resolve design problems. This book explores and illustrates the close relationship between emotion and the design process by using new...Lasīt vairāk
The book provides a derivation of the models used for calculating the risk and hazard of central oxygen toxicity pertaining to diving-based studies consistent with the research conducted earlier by the Royal Navy and the US Navy. This book forms t...Lasīt vairāk
Functional Materials for the Oil and Gas Industry: Characterization and Applications discusses the latest techniques in characterization and applications of functional materials in the oil and gas industry. It provides an expert review of...Lasīt vairāk
This book explores lithium extraction in Chile as part of the global energy transition, unravelling the ontological, ecological, and economic dimensions behind this type of extractivism.A transition away from fossil fuels is urgent in the c...Lasīt vairāk
THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER A comprehensive investigation of the staggering damage we have done to the worlds oceans and its life forms Observer A vital, fascinating, deeply researched exploration of Earths last wilderness... Shocking...Lasīt vairāk
This comprehensive guide is for anyone who wants to design with purpose, empathy, and impact. Rather than rushing to solutions, it champions the art of framing and refining a problem, revealing how powerful design begins with asking smarter question...Lasīt vairāk
First published in 1979, The Miners: A History of the National Union of Mineworkers 1939-46 describes the events and factors that led to the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1946....Lasīt vairāk
First published in 1961, The Miners in Crisis and War: A History of Miners Federation of Great Britain from 1930 Onwards tells the story of two sharply contrasting periods, of world crisis and of world war. The story begins with the Miners...Lasīt vairāk
Mining continues to evolve and todays paradigms are sustainable and responsible mining, mining that is profitable but protects the environment, human rights, and health. Mining: A Very Short Introduction covers these developments and lo...Lasīt vairāk
Mining has a poor public image. It is often associated with environmental degradation, human rights violations and the unacceptable excesses of capitalism. But might it also be the key to ensuring a more sustainable future? Leading indus...Lasīt vairāk
Mining has a poor public image. It is often associated with environmental degradation, human rights violations and the unacceptable excesses of capitalism. But might it also be the key to ensuring a more sustainable future? Leading indus...Lasīt vairāk
This book investigates mine closure and local responses in South Africa, linking dependencies and social disruption. This book investigates mine closure and local responses in South Africa, linking dependencies and social disruption...Lasīt vairāk
Dams are built for several purposes, e.g., water supply, irrigation, hydropower production, or flood control. The main categories are concrete dams and embankment dams, but inside each of these two main general categories, there are several differ...Lasīt vairāk
A lavishly illustrated exploration of the history of the lime trade in the Irish Sea. David Johnson has spent years researching it in the field and in archive centres and been amazed by its scale and geographical extent. Quarrying of limeston...Lasīt vairāk
Geomechanical Aspects of Abandoned Room and Pillar Mines and Remediation Measures deals with the occurrence, prediction and control of subsidence issues encountered in room and pillar mining, including creep, degradation, and seismic aspects. The bo...Lasīt vairāk
The Derbyshire Miners (1962) examines the development of the Derbyshire coalfield and the growth of trade union organization among the miners. It looks at the successful unionization, and the history, structure, policy and finances of the...Lasīt vairāk
A beautifully realised memoir of growing up in the mining village of Selston in the seventies; a stunning evocation of a hard place, inhabited by hard people with hard lives - where Son of Rambow meets a real-life Shuggie Bain....Lasīt vairāk
First published in 1982, this book (now with a new preface by the author) is a biographical study of class, culture, and community in a mining village. It traces some of the principal social changes in British society in the twentieth centu...Lasīt vairāk
