mind when you think of coal mining? If you’re like me‚ coal mining means living in darkness and a cold hearted industry. Other words that come to mind are poverty and oppression. Coal mining is not a job that you dream about or get a degree for. People who are coal miners do not chose a life full of danger and repression‚ they get stuck with it. There are many dangers that come along with coal mining‚ not only for the workers‚ but for the environment. Coal mining and the coal industry have caused
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The goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content‚ and‚ since the 1880s‚ has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United States‚ United Kingdom‚ and South Africa‚ a coal mine and its structures are a colliery. In Australia‚ "colliery" generally refers to an underground coal mine. Coal mining has had many developments over the recent
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge‚ or ANWR‚ is a refuge geared toward preserving national wildlife in northeastern Alaska. ANWR is about 19 million acres‚ in space‚ and contains a potential drilling spot for oil and petroleum. The potential drilling spot is a small area known as the 10-02 Area. It is only 1.5 million acres‚ or 8%‚ of ANWR‚ would even be considered for development (What is ANWR). The controversy surrounding ANWR is whether to drill or not to drill into the 10-02 area. Some people want
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( Answers to Mini-Case Questions BioCom Inc. This mini-case provides a review of the methodology and rationale associated with the various capital budgeting evaluation methods such as payback period‚ discounted payback period‚ NPV‚ IRR‚ MIRR‚ and PI. 1. Compute the payback period for each project. |Time of Cash Flow |Nano Test Tubes |Microsurgery Kit | |Investment |−$11‚000.00 |−$11‚000.00
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1. See Appendix A 2. Liquidity ratio. The firm’s liquidity shows a downward trend through time. The current ratio is decreasing because the growth in current liabilities outpaces the growth of current assets. The quick ratio is also declining but not as fast as the current ratio. From 1991 to 1992‚ it only decreased 0.35 units while the current ratio decreased 0.93 units. Looking at the common size balance sheet‚ we also see that the percentage of inventory is growing from 33% to 48% indicating
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Mining Industry Overview Boyi Xie March 5‚ 2012 Michael Porter’s Five Forces Outline • • • • • • • Products Suppliers/Customers Industry Compe?tors Cost Revenue & profit Overall trends Other factors Products • • • • • • • • • • • Aluminum Copper Lead Zinc Gold Silver Uranium oxide Diamonds Stainless Steel Materials Iron Ore Coal Aluminum Zinc Copper Gold Iron ore Diamond Marketing & Customers
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1. Summary of Massey-Ferguson’s 1971-176 Goals‚ Strategy and Risk/Return profile Goals/Strategy: • Focus on small tractors‚ combine harvesters and industrial machinery • Exploit markets outside North America and Western Europe • Dealing directly with governments and public institutions • Central production of diesel engines in UK Risk/Return profile: • Empire Building; engaging in potential negative NPV investments • Expanding potentially unprofitable divisions (ambitious program of expanding
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The Arctic: Environment‚ Economic Development and Security Although many definitions are available‚ the “Arctic” is everything North of the 60th parallel of northern latitude. Canada has three territories and several tips of other provinces which total 40% of Canadian landmass that fits the definition of the Arctic. In this landmass‚ an estimated population of more than 100‚000 Canadians call it home. (The Canadian Arctic‚ 2013) This land and these people have needs and desires that are up to the
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Westbrook-Vigue 1/21/2013 ACIM Text Study Course with MiraclesOne Paper 1 Week 1- Week4 Preface-Ch 2 Preface: “God Himself will take the final step in our return to Him”. This begins my study of the Text of A Course In Miracles. The preface gives an extreme overview of what the course contains. It is as the name suggests‚ a course that is broken down into three parts; text‚ Workbook for Students‚ and a Manual for Teachers. The order in which to study the books of the course is dependent
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CS412 Assignment 2 Ref Answer Question 1: Assume a base cuboid of 10 dimensions contains only three base cells: (1) (a1‚ b2‚ c3‚ d4; ...‚ d9‚ d10)‚ (2) (a1‚ c2‚ b3‚ d4‚ ...‚ d9‚ d10)‚ and (3) (b1‚ c2‚ b3‚ d4‚ ...‚ d9‚ d10)‚ where a_i != b_i‚ b_i != c_i‚ etc. The measure of the cube is count. 1‚ How many nonempty cuboids will a full data cube contain? Answer: 210 = 1024 2‚ How many nonempty aggregate (i.e.‚ non-base) cells will a full cube contain? Answer: There will be 3 ∗ 210 − 6 ∗ 27 − 3 = 2301
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