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Politics of mining : what they don't teach you in school /
The mining industry presents many unique challenges including working in remote locations with unfamiliar cultures, the business of permitting, environmental protection, sustainable development, the persistence of negative stereotypes about the business, and the sometimes tricky mechanics of trainin...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Littleton, Colo. :
Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration,
©2001.
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The mining industry presents many unique challenges including working in remote locations with unfamiliar cultures, the business of permitting, environmental protection, sustainable development, the persistence of negative stereotypes about the business, and the sometimes tricky mechanics of training and transferring technology. In addition, tension can spring up among the various disciplines involved as engineers, attorneys, accountants, and environmentalists, to name a few, encounter difficulty in finding a common language. And finally, as in any large and multifaceted industry, politics abo. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (165 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780873353120 0873353129 9780873352024 0873352025 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |