Arctic Mining Consultants - An OB Case Study This report examines the underlying reasons why field assistant‚ Brian Millar‚ has refused numerous offers to work for Arctic Mining or Field supervisor Tom Parker. It analyzes the issues by applying theories of leadership‚ motivation and team dynamics‚ theories found in this case scenario. It is our hope that the outcome of the analysis will lead to us to a further understanding. Why is it that Millar decided to refuse any further work from Arctic
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Application of Robotics in Mining Industry: A Critical Review Santosh Kumar Nanda* Ashok Kumar Dash** Sandigdha Acharya* Abikshyana Moharana* ABSTRACT The advance of robotics and the increase in robot use have raised the need for computer simulation of robots‚ among the aims of which are the design of new robots‚ task planning of existing robots‚ performance evaluation and cycle time estimation. For mining environment‚ both the opencast and underground mining needs seriously application of
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CIS 501: Information Systems for Managers Data Mining Problems Introduction Problem 1: Data-Based Decision Making Problem 2: Market Basket Analysis: Association Analysis Problem 3: Market Basket Analysis: Concept Tree/Sequence Analysis Problem 4: Decision Tree Problem 5: Clustering/Nearest Neighbor Classification Problem 6: Clustering Problem 1: Data-Based Decision Making Supermarket Product Placement Suppose that we are responsible for managing product placement within a
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CHAPTER 7‚ Case #1 BETHESDA MINING To analyze this project‚ we must calculate the incremental cash flows generated by the project. Since net working capital is built up ahead of sales‚ the initial cash flow depends in part on this cash outflow. So‚ we will begin by calculating sales. Each year‚ the company will sell 600‚000 tons under contract‚ and the rest on the spot market. The total sales revenue is the price per ton under contract times 600‚000 tons‚ plus the spot market sales times the
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Bethesda Mining Company 02/24/2011 Introduction Bethesda Mining is a midsized coal mining company with 20 mines located in Ohio‚ Pennsylvania‚ West Virginia‚ and Kentucky. Recently the coal mining industry has been impacted by environmental regulations that have presented challenges for the industry. However‚ a combination of increased demand for coal and new pollution reduction technologies has led to an improved market demand for high-sulfur coal. Bethesda is considering operating a new strip
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y Estados Unidos Julia M. Essay: The California Gold Rush Until 1849‚ California always used to be a sleepy‚ little-known backwater. However‚ with the California Gold Rush suddenly everything changed. The city‚ people‚ culture‚ infrastructure as well as the economy. In no time the California Gold Rush transformed the isolated island of tranquility to an unruly emporium of business and bedlam. When we think about the California Gold Rush today‚ many of us only know about the good sides
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One moment the California creek beds glimmered with gold; the next‚ the same creeks ran red with the blood of men and women defending their claims or ceding their bags of gold dust to bandits. The "West" was a ruthless territory during the nineteenth century. With more than enough gold dust to go around early in the Gold Rush‚ crime was rare‚ but as the stakes rose and the easily panned gold dwindled‚ robbery and murder became a part of life on the frontier. The "West" consisted of outlaws
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Open Pit Mining Open-pit mining is a kind of surface mining. Mining companies choose this way to get rocks and minerals out of the ground because it is the easiest and cheapest way to do it. Open-pit mining is only used if the rocks or minerals are close to the surface of the land or if a normal tunnel-type of mine isn’t possible. The top layers of the land are removed. After that‚ layer after layer is taken away until the rock or mineral is visible. This is taken out‚ processed when it
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China‚ officially the People’s Republic of China‚ is the largest country in East Asia. It is located in Asia-Europe mainland east‚ the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. China is one of the fastest economic growths‚ but Chinese productivity overall level is relatively low‚ area develops lopsided; level of science and technology and cultural quality is not high enough. “China is the world’s …over 1.3 billion…” [1] It shows how many people China has now. And the most intensive urban are Shanghai‚ Beijing
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Gold Investment Digest First quarter 2011 April 2011 www.gold.org Overview Gold’s long-term supply and demand dynamics and several macro-economic factors ensured gold remained a soughtafter asset in Q1 2011. Following a consolidation in January‚ gold ended the quarter on a firm footing‚ returning 2.4% over the period. Price trends The gold price rose by 2.4% during Q1 2011 to US$1‚439.00/oz by 31 March‚ on the London PM fix. However‚ gold’s volatility continued to diminish‚ a testament to
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