Surface Mining, 2nd Edition

Edited by B.A. Kennedy Published by SME - 1990 1206 pages Ebook This product is available. Members: $79.00 USD Students: $49.00 USD Non-members: $119.00 USD Your price: $119.00 Members & Students may LOG IN to receive discounted pricing.

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This SME classic is both a reference book for the working engineer and a textbook for the mining student. The hardcover edition gives a brief history of surface mining and a general overview of the state of surface mining today--topics range from production and productivity to technological developments and trends in equipment.

This useful text takes the approach that exploration and mining geologists must be expert in a number of fields, including basic finance and economics, logistics, and pragmatic prospecting. Readers will find material on all these topics and more.

The book's nine chapters include: