The mining sector is made up of organisations whose primary activity is the extraction of naturally occurring mineral solids or natural resources. Examples of these types of minerals are coal‚ ores and precious stones. The mining industry also broadly covers quarrying and well operations. The sector comprises two basic activities: mine operations and mining support activities. "Mine operations" involve setting up the mine‚ quarry or well for the organization‚ or on behalf of another organization
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Introduction - Types Of Financial Institutions And Their Roles A financial institution is an establishment that conducts financial transactions such as investments‚ loans and deposits. Almost everyone deals with financial institutions on a regular basis. Everything from depositing money to taking out loans and exchanging currencies must be done through financial institutions. Here is an overview of some of the major categories of financial institutions and their roles in the financial system.Commercial
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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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Hong Kong Polytechnic University Faculty of Business School of Account and Finance AF 2504 Introduction to Business Law Case Analysis Report Case Study: FISHER v BELL [1961]1 Q.B.394 Submitted to Lecturer: Sandy SABAPATHY Team members: __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ 1. Case Name: Fisher v. Bell 2. Is it a civil case or criminal case? Under the common law system‚ Various cases can be broadly divided in
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AMERICAN MINING COMPANY (AMC) IN COLOMBIA Background AMC is one of the leading coal mining companies in USA that had finished moving nearly all of its coal operation from the southern united state to premier mine in Northeast Colombia. Before move to Colombia.AMC was one of the the top 300 largest private companies in USA that providing high quality coal‚ reliable delivery and excellent service. By moving to Colombia‚ Mine Company provided three of numerous advantages for AMC such as type of
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ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FUNCTIONS IN AN AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS MANUFACTURING COMPANY AREAS 1. Accounts Receivable. 2. Accounts Payable. 3. Inventory. 4. Direct and Indirect Taxes. 5. Payroll. 6. Treasury Operations. 7. Manufacturing/Final Accounts. Accounts. Activities in Accounts Receivable Function 1. Recording of Invoices based on the Sales made during the day. 2. Recording of Receipts during the day. 3. Passing the credit notes/debit notes and recording
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MICROECONOMICS GROUP PROJECT Asteroid Mining—Money-Maker or Starry-Eyed Fantasy?” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt http://hmcurrentevents.com/asteroid-mining%E2%80%94money-maker-or-starry-eyed-fantasy/. March 2013 ARTICLE SUMMARY: “Asteroid Mining—Money-Maker or Starry-Eyed Fantasy?” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt http://hmcurrentevents.com/asteroid-mining%E2%80%94money-maker-or-starry-eyed-fantasy/. March 2013 Ever since a recent asteroid almost collided
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goes public. The benefits are clear. In theory‚ a fair market price is set and the company reaps more cash. It is evident that AVG should take stock of the lessons learned and best practices now known from the less than spectacular Google Initial Public Offering. In traditional IPOs‚ prices are set low to ensure a big first day run for investment banks and their clients and being that AVG is a rather small company with a limited investor base utilizing this approach would seem to be counter intuitive
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A Recommender System Based On Web Data Mining for Personalized E-learning Jinhua Sun Department of Computer Science and Technology Xiamen University of Technology‚ XMUT Xiamen‚ China jhsun@xmut.edu.cn Yanqi Xie Department of Computer Science and Technology Xiamen University of Technology‚ XMUT Xiamen‚ China yqxie@xmut.edu.cn Abstract—In this paper‚ we introduce a web data mining solution to e-learning system to discover hidden patterns strategies from their learners and web data‚ describe
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recapitalization plan. According to the plan‚ USG would exchange each outstanding share of common stock for $37.00 in cash‚ $5.00 in stated face amount of 16% junior subordinated pay-in-kind debentures‚ and one share in the newly recapitalized company. Robert Day‚ USG’s Chairman and CEO‚ said the plan "is consistent with our commitment to maximize value for the shareholders while at the same time leaving them with an ongoing equity stake."1 On the day of the announcement‚ the stock price closed
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