Politics of Mining: What They Don't Teach You in School

Editor: Deepak Malhotra Published by Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration - 2001 164 pages Ebook This product is available. Members: $49.00 USD Students: $29.00 USD Non-members: $49.00 USD Your price: $49.00 Members & Students may LOG IN to receive discounted pricing.

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The mining industry presents many challenges such as the necessity of working in remote locations with unfamilliar cultures; the business of permitting, environmental protection, and sustainable development; the existence and persistence of negative stereotypes about the business; and the sometimes-tricky mechanics of training and transferring technology.

Engineer schooling rarely prepares you for these issues, but the The Politics of Mining does.