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Mining Unearthed

Professor Crowson’s new book brings together, and updates, the highly regarded Inside Mining and Astride Mining. This impressive book will be invaluable to all those involved in mineral exploration, metals production and financing of the mining industry, and all associated sectors.

As a former chief economist of Rio Tinto, and director of the London Metal Exchange, Crowson is able to unearth:

■ The nature and importance of the global mining industry
   ■ Factors influencing mineral exploration
   ■ Forces that are driving commodity demand
   ■ Limits on the capacity to produce
   ■ Production costs and markets that determine prices
   ■ Mining policy issues, and the strategic security of supply
   ■ Mineral wealth allocation, and the concept of
   economic rent.

£70.00

The Cyanide Compendium

T. Mudder, M. Botz and A. Smith

This  compilation of nearly 1,500 pages is an essential source of information  regarding cyanide and its chemistry, analysis, environmental fate,  toxicity, management, recovery and treatment.

It is an ideal reference  source for mining professionals, academics, regulators and  non-governmental organizations working in the fields of mining,  smelting, electroplating, metal finishing, plastics manufacturing and  environmental reclamation.

The electronic versions of five complete  books, comprising over one thousand pages of text and hundreds of  tables, figures and literature citations, have been combined on a fully  searchable compact disk (CD).

Included titles:

■ The Chemistry and Treatment of Cyanidation Wastes, 2nd Edition

■ Tratamiento de Residuos de Cianuración (Spanish version of 1st Edition)

■ The Cyanide Monograph, 2nd Edition

■ Best Practice Environmental Management in Mining: Cyanide Management (1st Edition)

■ Making Sense of Cyanide originally produced for the Gold Institute

■ The Management of Cyanide in Gold Extraction originally produced for ICMM

■ The Cyanide Guide: Mining Environmental Management Special Edition

$2,890.00

Inside Mining

Philip Crowson

A  tour de force of the factors that make the international mining  industry tick, written by an acknowledged expert.

Phillip Crowson  retired recently as chief economist of Rio Tinto plc after 22 years as  an economist in the industry. Mr. Crowson, who remains a director of  the London Metal Exchange, has mined his considerable sources to  explain the main economic influences that shape the structure and  development of the minerals and metals industry.

This book, which  extends to over 200 pages, with 22 tables and 114 figures, will appeal  to a wide audience, including those actively involved in the minerals  industry, students planning a career in the industry or in related  sectors, and those concerned with all aspects of mineral policy

£45.00

Minerals Handbook 2000/2001  - SOLD OUT

Philip Crowson

The  tenth, and last, in a series of bi-annual publications that summarised  annual statistics for 52 commodities. Although now dated (the book was  published in 2001) the data includes a remarkable summary of supply,  demand and prices for the commodities for the whole of the 20th  century.

The first section is entitled 'A Century of Metals' and  includes five-year averages from 1900 to 1999 for production and  prices, with a comparison of production in 1800 to 1899.

Mr Crowson  also highlighted the location of mineral reserves, and their adequacy  in terms of life expectancy and political grouping.

£50.00

Mining Sector Reform and Investment: Results of a Global Survey. - SOLD OUT

Koh Naito, Felix Remy, John P. Williams.

This is the companion volume to 'Review of Legal and  Fiscal Frameworks', and provides the results of a study by the World  Bank and Metal Mining Agency of Japan into the implementation of  mining-sector reform in developing countries.

Questionnaires were  filled in both by government officials and by companies operating  within the countries, and the results compared.

£45.00

Review of Legal and Fiscal Frameworks for Exploration and Mining. - SOLD OUT

Koh Naito, Felix Remy, John P. Williams.

Published  by Mining Journal on contract from the World Bank and MMAJ, this book  (published 2001) is the result of a survey of the legal and regulatory  framework, fiscal regime and environmental requirements in selected  mineral-rich countries.

The objective of the survey, and as summarised  in the book, is to determine best practice in mining law among the  developing countries.

£75.00

Small-Scale Mining in Asia: Observations towards a solution of the Issue

2003, Satoshi Murao, Victor Maglambayan, Edmund Bugnosen.

This  book summarises a number of multi-disciplinary measures that are being  undertaken to alleviate the problems associated with small-scale  mining. The authors have drawn together case studies from Cambodia and  Vietnam plus four from the Philippines.

There are also chapters on  mercury separation and its microanalysis, and on a comparison of  traditional versus 'gold-rush' type small-scale mining. The Harare  Guidelines on small-scale mining, following a seminar in February 1993,  are also summarised.

£20.00

Risk Communication between Mineral Property Developers and Local Communities

2003, Satoshi Murao, Victor Maglambayan, Edmund Bugnosen.

A  summary of the papers presented at a round-table convention in Japan in  January 2003.

In convening the event, Dr Murao focused on issues that  increased risk and that heightened the public's concern.

The papers  include case studies from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ghana, Indonesia,  Japan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Sierra Leone, South Africa  and Venezuela.

£29.00

State of the Industry - SOLD OUT

This  report was published by Mining Journal in January 2004 from material  provided by Sweden's Raw Materials Group.

The report summarises the  international mining industry (as at end 2003), and includes an  overview of the value of mined production, the number of operations in  the world, corporate structures, the geographical location of the  leading mines and projects, exploration trends and forecasts of future  production and technological change.

£80.00

The Economic Definition of Ore

Ken Lane

This  radical and scholarly book by leading mathematician and mining  consultant Ken Lane presents a theoretical basis for the definition of  ore, and gives a series of case studies for its practical application. 

The work is based on his long-term experience of mine design for  large-scale international operations - particularly for Rio Tinto.  Updated in 1997, it is essential reading for mining geologists and  mining engineers - both at the mine and in the consulting office. It is  also of importance to everyone concerned with conservation studies.

£25.00

The Potential for mining investment in transition economy countries in East and Central Asia

World Bank Group

Published  in 2003, this book provides an in-depth examination of the mining  potential of the eight countries of East and Central Asia (China,  Kazakhstan, Kurdistan, Laos, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and  Vietnam).

The study discuses the strides made in mining reform by the  countries, and makes recommendations for successful development of the  region's mineral potential.

£40.00