Surface Mining, Second Edition

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Bruce A. Kennedy, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.)
SME, 1990 - 1194 pages

This SME classic is both a reference book for the working engineer and a textbook for the mining student. This hardcover edition gives a brief history of surface mining and a general overview of the state of surface mining today--topics range from production and productivity to technological developments and trends in equipment.

This extremely useful text takes the approach that exploration and mining geologists must be expert in a number of fields, including basic finance and economics, logistics, and pragmatic prospecting. Readers will find material on all these topics and more.

The book's nine chapters include: Introduction, Exploration and Geology Techniques, Ore Reserve Estimation, Feasibility Studies and Project Financing, Planning and Design of Surface Mines, Mine Operations, Mine Capital and Operating Costs, Management and Organization, and Case Studies.

The book is fully indexed.



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Contents

Preface Bruce A Kennedy
1
Ward Milton H Sparks
2
1
8
Exploration and Geology Techniques
15
1
75
10
105
Ore Reserve Estimation
287
Reserve Estimation of Uranium Deposits H M Parker
376
242
749
Unit Operations of Reclamation L B Phelps
770
11
902
12
938
Mine Capital and Operating Costs
971
B 1
1002
7
1011
Purchasing and Inventory D P Plute
1021

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389
8
446
Planning and Design of Surface Mines
459
2
465
4
476
7
485
Mine Operations
513
2
540
3
581
5
610
Wheel Loaders R M Hays
715
Queuing Theory J Elbrond
743
1
1077
3
1098
246
1099
4
1108
5
1123
6
1140
7
1151
8
1163
Index
1177
11
1182
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