to explain how the mining industry faces an uncertain future in some parts of the world due to various political changes. Increase and unpredictable government intervention across the globe is adding further complexity to a sector that is already heavily laden with risk (Grant Thornton‚ 2011). Introduction Minerals constitute the back-bone of economic growth for any nation and the entire world has been eminently endowed with this gift of nature. Primary activity of the mining industry is to extract
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Environmental studies assignment Ques 1: Mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth. Ores recovered by mining include metals‚ coal‚ oil shale‚ gemstones‚ limestone‚ dimension stone‚ rock salt‚ potash‚ gravel‚ and clay. Mining is required to obtain any material that cannot be grown through agricultural processes‚ or created artificiallyin a laboratory or factory. Mining in a wider sense includes extraction of any non-renewable resource such as petroleum
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Coal is made largely of carbon but also features other elements such as hydrogen‚ oxygen‚ sulfur and nitrogen. Coal starts off as a plant matter at the bottom of water and is eventually covered and deeply buried by sediments where over time metamorphosis takes place. When peat is altered physically and chemically. This process is called “coalification.” During coalification‚ peat undergoes several changes as a result of bacterial decay‚ compaction‚ heat and time. Peat deposits are varied and contain
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Article Summary: The upcoming fight between the environmental protection agency and congress in on the usage of coal and is known as “War on Coal”. The environmental protection agency has funded many ads which support the President Obama’s vision of limiting carbon dioxide emissions from coal fired power plants. The ad campaign will target five states New Hampshire‚ Illinois‚ Pennsylvania‚ Arizona and Washington D.C. According to environmental protection agency the congress has to decide if they
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industry to live‚ as it offers employment and a way to survive‚ it also is poising the backyards of the people that work in industry. The film “On Coal River”‚ emphasizes this dangerous situation. A Massey Corporation coal mine in “Coal Valley” West Virginia was built next to Marsh Fork Elementary. Parents began to worry about their children when black coal dust began covering the playground‚ and a one-hundred-foot dam was built behind the school that held hundreds of thousands of gallons of toxic
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To Machinery Welcome to all Participants Trend of fatal Accidents in non -coal Mines Year Fatal Accidents 1998 61 2000 51 2002 52 2004 57 2005 48 2006 62 Accidents due to Machinery in Non – Coal Mines Year Fatal Accidents Due to Machinery 2001 71 33 2002 52 19 2003 52 21 2004 57 26 2005 48 23 2006 62 25 Causes of fatal Accidents due to Machinery‚non coal Mines in 2005 Transport machinery(winding)- nil Transport machinery(other than
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conveyor belt transportation system. Some comments regarding possible ways for detection of mentioned faults are considered. The examples of failures and time related to replacement or repair have been provided. 1. INTRODUCTION Condition monitoring in mining industry is not as well developed as it is in other branches (i.e. power engineering‚ oil industry etc). One of the reasons is that mine is the specific kind of company with harsh environment and dissipation of assets in wide area. There are a lot
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the coal extraction industry in Walker County‚ Alabama‚ can be a fulfilling occupation. However‚ WebMD warns that coal workers’ pneumoconiosis‚ or CWP‚ is a debilitating and even fatal occupational disease that anyone in that profession should be aware of. Miners who manufacture carbon black and carbon electrodes‚ those who work directly in the mines‚ and those who mill graphite are particularly at risk. A person who is constantly exposed to airborne respirable coal dust may develop a coal macule
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Pike River Mining Disaster – A Case Study On the 19th of September 2010‚ what was to become known as the Pike River Mining Disaster began in the close proximity to the town of Greymouth. At an occupied mine of 31 miners and contractors‚ an initial explosion occurred in the West Coast Region of New Zealand’s South Island at approximately 3:44pm. Two were fortunate enough to walk away from the scene and were treated for moderate injuries at hospital‚ then later released the next day. It was believed
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COAL IS JUST NOT BLACK GOLD PREFACE Drawing upon the organisation in which author is familiar – Coal India Limited‚ largest coal producing company in the world‚ In this paper he critically analyses few existing policies implemented by Government of India and Coal India Limited in mining industry from past few decades‚ works through the complex problems around Coal mining in India and identifies few human resource management related problems and how they have contributed for the company’s stagnation
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