yield upwards of 100 million ounces of gold. The Indonesian government was threatening to redistribute ownership of Busang‚ the mining region in which Bre-X had property rights‚ due to its fear that Bre-X was a short-term player not serious about extracting the gold or a long term commitment in Indonesia. These fears were justified given Bre-X’s small size (it had a net loss of $Cdn. 366‚677 in 1995 compared to a net income of $Cdn. 218 million from Barrick Gold Corp.‚ a potential government-corporate
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Issue: The short documentary‚ Blue Gold‚ presented an issue of our planet’s water supply. Our planet is made out of about 70% of water. However‚ less than 1% of that water is actually drinkable. The issue is that water is becoming scares and due to lack of rain‚ the precious water begins to dry out. As the water source rapidly declines‚ the corporations saw that as a chance to make profit. Therefore‚ we are forced to buy overpriced water. Summary: Blue Gold did a great job representing the
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1. What are the challenges faced by extractive mining corporations in their attempt to establish subsidiary operations in developing nations As major multinational extractive mining corporations continue to expand their developing country footprints‚ they are finding challenges in carrying out corporate social responsibility (CSR) to achieve a sustainable balance of benefits for business‚ its employees‚ stakeholders and the communities in which they attempt to establish subsidiary operations. In
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Education in India MODULE - VII Education Notes 18 EDUCATION IN INDIA S o far‚ you have been reading about different aspects of culture‚ such as art‚ architecture‚ religion and science. Another important aspect of our culture is education. But what is education? You may say that it means learning something in school or from books. This is partially true. Education is a learning experience. But learning takes place at all times in one’s life. However‚ whereas some other learning experiences
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Old is Gold “Don’t try to be original; just try to be good‚” a very simple advice from Paul Rand‚ yet a very honest advice for designer-to-be. Paul Rand was one of the inspirational pioneers of modern graphic design. Even if one has not heard of his name‚ he or she must has seen his design works certainly. A few of his well-known logo designs are ABC‚ UPS and IBM. His book‚ “A Designer’s Art” is as influential as he was. It is not only involved aesthetic requirements for graphic designers‚ but
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Title: Cookie Mining Lab Introduction: Like most resources‚ minerals are distributed unevenly around the world. Minerals are concentrated in various areas of Earth’s crust due to natural processes. Obtaining these minerals for human use involves four general steps: 1. locating the minerals 2. extracting the minerals from Earth in the form of ore or rock 3. processing the ore to separate the impurities from the desired mineral 4. creating a useful product from the minerals Objectives:
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The Other Side of Data Mining Maral Aghazi – 500287851 November 10th‚2012 ITM 200 Professor Roger De Peiza "As we and our students write messages‚ post on walls‚ send tweets‚ upload photos‚ share videos‚ and “like” various items online‚ we’re leaving identity trails composed of millions of bits of disparate data that corporations‚ in the name of targeted advertising and personalization‚ are using to track our every move” (McKee‚ 2011). Data mining has become extremely prevalent in today’s society
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QUESTION 1: What is the practical application of text mining? Text mining can be applied in different ways. In this section‚ I will discuss 4 ways in which text mining is used. A. Search Engines Text mining can be used to create suggestions or recommendations based on user input; the Google search engine is a good example of this. As per Figure 1.1 below‚ if a person were to type the word ‘Education’ in the search engine‚ Google would retrieve results containing the word ‘Education’ in the
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through the CRS Web Data Mining: An Overview Updated December 16‚ 2004 Jeffrey W. Seifert Analyst in Information Science and Technology Policy Resources‚ Science‚ and Industry Division Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress Data Mining: An Overview Summary Data mining is emerging as one of the key features of many homeland security initiatives. Often used as a means for detecting fraud‚ assessing risk‚ and product retailing‚ data mining involves the use of data analysis
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Data mining and warehousing and its importance in the organization Data Mining Data mining is the process of analyzing data from different perspectives and summarizing it into useful information - information that can be used to increase revenue‚ cuts costs‚ or both. Data mining software is one of a number of analytical tools for analyzing data. It allows users to analyze data from many different dimensions or angles‚ categorize it‚ and summarize the relationships identified. Technically‚ data
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