How Mining Works is the perfect resource for any young professional, sales associate or minerals industry professional. Complete with graphs, pictures and easy-to-follow diagrams, How Mining Works makes understanding the minerals industry fun and entertaining.
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How Mining Works explains complex mining concepts in a way simple enough for those who are not familiar with the industry, yet thorough enough to be useful to long-time professionals.
If your interests include, science, technology or mining, then How Mining Works is the book for you. Mining requires all kinds of professionals to make it happen: geologists, almost every kind of engineer or scientist, investment bankers, accountants, economists, health and safety specialists, community relations experts, and others. It is a collection of processes that increase the very low concentrations of minerals and metals in the earth to levels that can be used in every-day life. How Mining Works provides an understanding of the collection of processes, in a manner that makes the reader want to know more.
A quick geology review, Chapter One prepares the reader on the earth's structure answering the how, why and where mineral ores are created and how technological advances help locate new mines.
Dive into in-depth explanations about the different types of mining, the equipment needed and the procedures required for both surface and deep mining.
Learn about the six methods for processing ore into usable refined metal: comminution, flotation, smelting and refining, hydrometallurgy, biohydrometallurgy and physical separation methods.
Chapter Four discusses the nonmetallic operations that are used to produce coal, diamonds, and aggregates.
Mining and processing ore produces significant quantities of waste materials. Chapter Five covers the various management techniques in mine waste streams produced by mining and processing minerals.
People with all kinds of skills and education are an integral part of the mining industry. Chapter Six provides a summary on labor practices, environmental sustainability, and worker and community health and safety. These are all critical in today's highly regulated environment.
Chapter Seven provides a review of mining economics, with detailed information on how mine products are priced, monetary arrangements between mines and smelters, and even the impact of reserves on mining's future.
A visionary yet practical look at the future of mining, covering not only advances in expected areas (like robotics) but also in biotechnology, with a fascinating look at how plants, insects, and various microbes could be used to detect the presence of minerals and extract metals.
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Incredible! This is an accessible, helpful and attractive introduction to mining. It's destined to be an essential primer for students preparing for a career in mining. It is also an important reference source for the professional and the lay person alike. Dunbar has done a great job at bringing the world of mining to life, with a clarity that only comes to an author who really understands and loves his subject.
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