Mineral Exploration Mineral exploration is the initial stage of the mining cycle. It is a sequential process of information gathering that assesses the mineral potential of a given area. In simple words it is the search for mineral deposits. The reason of exploration is to trace a new source of metal or useful minerals. This includes industrial minerals like silica or clay minerals‚ metals like iron‚ lead‚ zinc‚ etc.‚ and precious metals and gemstones like gold and diamonds. Types of Mineral Exploration
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iron‚ tin) Nonmetallic (diamonds and other precious stones‚ gypsum‚ salt) and Rocks (marble‚ sand‚ gravel‚ granite). It doesn’t matter whether mining and processing iron ore or limestone‚ many of the advantages and disadvantages are common to these operations. Dust from mining quarrying causes air pollutions. Damaging of the landscape from mining‚ quarrying‚ waste tips etc. as well as loss of wildlife habitat. Metal or mineral extraction results in problems and issues in balancing ecological
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the families. The audience the company would be reporting to would be made up of the news correspondence‚ the victim’s families‚ and the media. Not only would the company spokesperson have to keep the reputation and point of view of the mining company in one piece‚ they would have to issue specific and straightforward information that would not always be in the greatest interest of the company’s position. All though in the beginning the company may not have a great extent of information
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two months were rescued after a rescue team success that impressed the world. After about 22 hours the miners had to travel through a narrow shaft that was designed for the rescue. The miners hoped to sell their story and file a lawsuit against the mining company. August 15‚ 2010 the miners became trapped. For 17 days there was no word of their fate. Finally they were able to send a message that they were alive. The miners used a modified telephone to sing Chile’s national anthem to thousands of people
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Causes of the General Strike‚ 1926 Long Term Problems (Pre-1914) Conditions for miners * Mining was notoriously dangerous due to the presence of gas and accidental cave-ins * Miners suffered poor health due to coal… ‘Black Lung’ (Pneumosilicosis). State of mining industry * The majority of mines were old or small and the coal was still being cut by hand. * Ownership was fragmented with little investment from companies. Unionised workforce * One in ten of all male workers
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Inherently‚ KCM assumed responsibility for all environmental liabilities left behind by the previous owners. The Nchanga Mining License Area (LML34) covers an area of 11 763 ha while the principle mining activities covers a total area of about 3 715 ha. The plant complex covers an area of about 198 ha. Ore is extracted by open pit and underground mining. Processing facilities include a concentrator where copper and cobalt ore are processed using conventional flotation circuits to
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33 Chilean Miners Trapped Anita Stevenson Carrie Miranda BCOM/275 33 Trapped Chilean Miners Trapped On August 5‚ 2010‚ San Jose Mines collapsed trapping 33 Chilean miners 2‚300 feet underground‚ owend by Minera San Estaban Primera. The devastating mishap has been accessed and officials have stated the 33 trapped miners will not be rescued until after Chile’s Independence day celebration‚ Fiestas Patrias held on September 18 a mere 13 days after the collapse‚ but hopefully before
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Site Investigation Site Investigation is the gathering of information about the proposed location of the construction project. The reason for this can be twofold‚ firstly to assist in the location of the project and secondly to ascertain ground conditions. A site investigation should be taken for every site. Without a properly procured‚ supervised and interpreted site investigation‚ hazards which lie beneath the site cannot be known. A site investigation is made
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Communication Release Chilean Miners BCOM/275 November 21‚ 2012 The men trapped in the Chilean mine shaft was one of the world’s most successful operations to release miners from the long underground entrapment. The problem or controversy lied in the government restricting information to the men trapped and censoring and losing letters to the miners sent to them from their family and friends. The people thought this was unjust and failed to realize what rescue mission are all about
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New Guinea‚ it seemed to be a benefit to the overall economy. But to the citizens of Bougainville‚ the BCL was a poison‚ slowly killing off the environment of Bougainville‚ and the human dignity of the island ’s natives. Due to the BCL ’s strip-mining practices‚ the effects upon the environment were devastating. Ugly‚ open craters marring the land‚ the sludge and dangerous chemicals from the practice seeping into the Jaba River and poisoning it. This lead to numerous birth defects‚ and even to
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