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From Mine to Mistress

Heavily revised from the original edition in 2002, the latest version is the definitive work on corporate strategies and government policies in the international diamond industry.

Written by one of the world's greatest diamond experts, Chaim Even-Zohar, this 800-page book covers all aspects of the diamond industry, including its history, current circumstances and forecasts for future development.

The book is essential reading for everyone involved in the diamond 'pipeline', and follows on from the massive success of the first edition of From Mine to Mistress.

Published by Mining Communications Ltd, From Mine to
Mistress reviews the main issues affecting global diamond
mining including:

■ Economic and political trends
■ The diamond value chain
■ Industry framework
■ Money laundering
■ Conflict diamonds
■ Political and legal constraints
■ Diamond banking
■ The branding revolution
■ Plus details of 14 producing and 6 manufacturing countries.

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
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  ■ Tratamiento de Residuos de Cianuración (Spanish version of 1st Edition)
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  ■ The Cyanide Monograph, 2nd Edition
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  ■ Best Practice Environmental Management in Mining: Cyanide Management (1st Edition)
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  ■ Making Sense of Cyanide originally produced for the Gold Institute
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  ■ The Management of Cyanide in Gold Extraction originally produced for ICMM
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  ■ The Cyanide Guide: Mining Environmental Management Special Edition
  

£45 (£80 with Astride Mining)

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.

£50

Minerals Handbook 2000/2001

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.

£45 (£90 with Review of Legal and Fiscal)

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

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.

£20

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.

£29

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.

£80

State of the Industry

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.

£25

The Economic Definition of Ore

Ken Lane

The radical and scholarly book ny Ken Lane, mathematician and mining consultant, 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 esstial 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.

(160 pages, ISBN 0 900117 45 1)

£40

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, Kyrgyzstan, 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.