Extractive industries Books

Book SynopsisOnce employing thousands, with many collieries dotted all over the area, coal mining in the East Midlands has all but gone. Once tens of thousands depended on mining. Ken Wain tells the story of mining, its triumphs and disasters.

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of the historical intersections of the mining industry, Methodist evangelical Christianity, civilisational education, and the modern metaphysics of race. Contributing to theories of race and racism by insisting on the enduring role of religious biopolitics and Christianising education, whilst expanding on the geology of race'. -- .

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Book SynopsisThe book provides an overview of the mineral industry, policy issues, related acts and legislation and the socio-economic scenario of the mining sector. It gives an understanding of historical development of policies and the position of Indian mineral sector with respect to other industrialized nations that can help the mineral industry to become globally competitive. It also evaluates the contribution of the mining sector to sustainability and development of both. This book provides a comprehensive picture of the mineral sector, challenges faced by the industry and sustainable development of mineral resources. It is primarily based on the information made available by the government agencies in the public domain. However, such information is sporadic, inconsistent, and difficult to interpret. Continuous mining of minerals, the discovery of new mineral deposits, and import-export-stockpiling of minerals greatly influences the economics of mineral commodities. These data must be perpetually updated in order to provide future perspective and frame the policies at the government level. Therefore there is always a need for an updated, compiled and properly interpreted database in respect to the contemporary world scenario. It is in this perspective that the proposed book has been designed.

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Book SynopsisCopper King in Central Africa offers a detailed account of the corporate history of the Rhokana/Rokana Corporation and its Nkana mine. Thematically and chronologically organised, it explores the discovery of viable ores on the Northern Rhodesian/Zambian Copperbelt in the late 1920s, which attracted foreign capital from South Africa, Britain and the USA, prompting the development of the Nkana mine and the formation of the Rhokana Corporation in the early 1930s. It follows through the evolution of the copper mining industry up to the re-privatisation of the Zambian mining sector in 1991. The book ties into a single narrative the disparate themes of corporate organisation, labour relations, and profitability of Rhokana, demonstrating how the firm was, for a time, the most important mining entity in the Northern Rhodesian/Zambian mining industry. Rhokana was both an investment firm on the Copperbelt and a mining company through Nkana mine. Thus, the Corporation was central to the development and profitability of the copper industry in Zambia. Its corporate and labour policies influenced the Copperbelt as a whole. Employing the largest labour force in the mining sector, Rhokana spearheaded the labour movement on the Copperbelt. Its Nkana mine was also the largest producer of copper in the Northern Rhodesian mining industry between 1940 and 1953, and contributed hugely to the war economies of Britain and the USA. Throughout its history, Nkana was also a major source of cobalt. After nationalisation of the mining sector in 1970, Rhokana surrendered its investments in the wider copper industry, but remained central to the Copperbelt’s smelting and refining operations, owning the biggest metallurgical facilities in the industry.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction and BackgroundChapter 2. Rhokana/Nkana During the Great Depression: Problems and ChallengesChapter 3. Financial Incentives of War: Rhokana/Nkana During the Second World War and Korean Crisis, 1939–1953Chapter 4. Rhokana/Nkana and the Political Economy of the Central African Federation, 1953–1963Chapter 5. Zambianisation and Nationalisation: Rhokana/Nkana During the First Five Years of Zambian Independence, 1964–1969Chapter 6. Rokana/Nkana During the First and Second Phase of NationalisationChapter 7. Rokana/Nkana During the Third Phase of Nationalisation, 1982–1991Chapter 8. Conclusion Notes on Currencies and WeightsList of Abbreviations and AcronymsMapsGlossaryBibliography

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Book SynopsisWhile copper seems less glamorous than gold, it may be far more important. Copper proved vital to the industrial revolution and indispensable for electrification of America. Kennecott Copper Corporation, at one time the largest producer of copper in the world, thus played a key role in economic and industrial development. This book recounts how Kennecott was formed from the merger of three mining operations (one in Alaska, one in Utah, and one in Chile), how it led the way in mining technologies, and how it was in turn affected by the economy and politics of the day.As it traces the story of the three mines, the narrative follows four mining engineers-Stephen Birch, Daniel Cowan Jackling, William Burford Braden, and E. Toppan Stannard-self-made men whose technological ingenuity was responsible for much of Kennecott's success. While Jackling developed economies of scale for massive open-pit mining in Utah, Braden went underground in Chile for a caving operation of unprecedented scale for copper. Meanwhile, Birch and Stannard overcame the extreme challenges of mining rich ore in the difficult climate of Alaska and transporting it to market. The Guggenheims, who brought these three operations together provided the funding without which the infrastructure necessary for the mining operations might not have been built. The railroad required for the Alaska mine alone cost more than three times what the United States had paid to buy all of Alaska only forty-five years earlier.As a geologist with first-hand knowledge of mining, author Charles Hawley aptly describes the technology behind the Kennecott story in a way that both specialists and the general reader will appreciate. Through engaging stories and pertinent details, he places Kennecott and the copper industry within their historical context and also allows the reader to consider the controversial aspects of mineral discovery and sustainability in a crowded world where resources are limited.Trade ReviewI know of no book that attempts to do what this volume does. This is a major contribution to the field of mining, mining history, the history of the American West, the history of copper production, and economic history." - Richard Sadler, professor of history, Weber State University"A significant contribution. Placing the story of this company's development and impact into broader national and international patterns will have value transcending the immediate." - John Sillito, Professor Emeritus of Libraries, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah"Chuck Hawley's Kennecott history captures a slice of Alaska's past-and makes a plea for an enlightened future." - Alaska Dispatch News"Hawley succeeds in immersing the reader in the company's development and impact into broader national and international events. In doing so he conveys the significance of how its technological innovations helped shape modern economic and industrial history." - Newspoke: The Newsletter of the Alaska Library Association"This book would be enjoyed by technical mining people, lovers of history, or investors in mining stocks. It is an inspiring tale of men with dreams and vision, and the ingenuity and fortitude to build the best mine possible, despite engineering challenges that were considered impossible." - CEO"Hawley's account places the Kennecott story and its principle characters within the broader picture of the American mining industry as it evolved its most critical and revolutionary period. His book is intended not only for geologists (like the reviewer) and engineers but also for historians and the inquisitive general reader." - Alaska Historical Society"A Kennecott Story is an ambitious narrative of the history of one of the most important extractive corporations of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It will be of particular use to those who are new to mining history or who hope to gain an understanding of the scale and scope of twentieth-century American mining." - Western Historical Quarterly"Hawley offers excellent insight into the technical and economic impacts of copper mining-this study is very much worth the read." - Utah Historical Quarterly

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Book SynopsisThis book examines uranium mining and management in the United States with a focus on federal considerations. From 2005 to 2007, uranium prices increased from about $20 a pound to over $140 a pound, which led to renewed interest in uranium mining, both exploration and extraction, on federal land in the U.S. In early 2012, thousands of claims have been filed to explore for and potentially extract uranium on federal land. This increase in claims filed, has raised concerns about the potential impacts that an increased level of uranium exploration and extraction could have on the environment. During uranium extraction, the waste rock piles that are formed can introduce radionuclides (such as radium) and heavy metals (such as selenium and arsenic) into the environment. Before the mid-1970s, many mines on federal land, were abandoned without any reclamation, leaving a costly legacy of abandoned mines that pose potential health, safety, and environmental hazards.

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Book SynopsisSome of the richest gold strikes in California history were found in the areas of Randsburg and Johannesburg, located in the Mojave Desert section of Kern County. The desert is a graveyard of abandoned mines, shafts, pits and tailing dumps. Fortunately, some of these historic old mines are still standing, providing us with a rare and valuable glimpse into the world of those who sought to uncover the hidden treasure of gold in the earth. Few got rich and many died paupers in the search for the shiny yellow mineral, yet the burning fever to hit that big strike kept luring men and women to California from all points of the globe. It was a time of "all or nothing." The King Solomon Mine is one of those relics of another era still standing, rising from the mountain and casting its long shadow over the debris and abandoned junk cluttering the ground around it. It sits quiet, a sentinel in the desert, waiting in hope for the day when it will come to life again for modern-day gold hunters.

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Book SynopsisThis probing, entertaining and richly illustrated book examines the history of the diamond trade through the centuries from India and Brazil to South Africa and Europe.

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Book SynopsisBlood, Sweat and Earth is a hard-hitting historical expose of the diamond industry, focusing on the exploitation of workers and the environment, and the monopolization of uncut diamonds, and how little this has changed over time. It describes the use of forced labour and political oppression by Indian sultans, the Portuguese in Brazil, and South African industrialists, as well as the hoarding of diamonds to maintain high prices, from the English East India Company to De Beers. While recent discoveries of diamond deposits in Siberia, Canada and Australia have brought an end to monopolization, the book shows that advances in the production of synthetic diamonds have not yet been able to eradicate the exploitation caused by the world's unquenchable thirst for sparkle.

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Book Synopsis Set in the resource frontier of northeastern Turkey, Bulldozer Capitalism studies the rise and decline of an anti-dam/anti-displacement campaign and the political responses to other extractive projects that it helped to shape in its aftermath. The book shows that people can accommodate their own dispossession and displacement if they are directed to negotiate, invest in, and speculate on the destruction of their built environment and nature, and their material and immaterial bonds, wealth, and activities.Trade Review “The book offers a powerful contribution to the anthropological and political economy literature focused on infrastructure, construction, and financialization. Its clarity and concise prose makes it accessible to both specialists and undergraduates alike. It is captivating and insightful—I found myself haunted by some of its ethnographic descriptions and I could not stop reading it.” • Fabio Mattioli, University of MelbourneTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. The Rise and Decline of an Anti-Displacement Campaign Chapter 2. Politics of Time and Space Chapter 3. Entangled Dispossessions Chapter 4. Economies of Construction and Destruction Chapter 5. Tenses of Violence Conclusion References Index

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Book Synopsis Through diverse engagements with natural resource extraction and ecological vulnerability in the contemporary Arctic, contributors to this volume apprehend Arctic resource regimes through the concept of abstraction. Abstraction refers to the creation of new material substances and cultural values by detaching parts from existing substances and values. The abstractive process differs from the activity of extractive industries by its focus on the conceptual resources that conceal processes of exploitation associated with extraction. The study of abstraction can thus help us attune to the formal operations that make appropriations of value possible while disclosing the politics of extraction and of its representation.Trade Review “This book is timely in bringing together scholars working on extractive industries and related themes in the Arctic, including fisheries, fossil fuels, and minerals development, climate change and the like in the US, Canada, Russia, and Greenland.” • Thomas F. Thornton, University of Alaska SoutheastTable of Contents List of Figures Preface: From Northern Lights to Fluorescent lights Arthur Mason Introduction: Arctic Late Industrialism: Extracting Value through Abstraction Arthur Mason This chapter is available open access thanks to the support of the U.S. National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs Arctic Social Sciences Chapter 1. To Melt Away: Abstractive Sensations in Ice Cymene HoweThis chapter is available open access thanks to the support of the U.S. National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs Arctic Social Sciences Chapter 2. The Biggest, the Best, the Most, the Last: Creating Valuable and Vulnerable Resources in Coastal Alaska Danielle DiNovelli-Lang and Karen Hébert Chapter 3. Timescaping the Arctic with Real-Time Data: Challenges for Fishing and Oil Interests Vidar Hepsø and Elena Parmiggiani Chapter 4. Wild Lands, Remote Edges: Formations and Abstractions in Greenland’s Resource Zones Mark Nuttall Chapter 5. Forging Off-World Frontiers: Chinese Steel and Arctic Iron Mia M. Bennett Chapter 6. Constructing and Contesting Temporalities in the Mackenzie Gas Project Carly Dokis Chapter 7. Material Unconscious of the Earth: Extractive Ontology and the Invisible War in Siberia Oxana Timofeeva Chapter 8. Representation Without Resemblance: Graphical Expression in Hydrocarbon Industry Arthur Mason Afterword: Arctic Abstractions Michael J. Watts This chapter is available open access thanks to the support of the U.S. National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs Arctic Social Sciences Index

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Book Synopsis Providing a holistic understanding of extensive oil extraction in rural Mexico, this book focuses on a campesino community, where oil extraction is deeply inscribed into the daily lives of the community members. The book shows how oil shapes the space where it is extracted in every aspect and produces multiple uncertainties. The community members express these uncertainties using the metaphor of the time bomb. The book shows how they find ways to "live off the time bomb" by using mechanisms of short-term coping and long-term adaptation and thus, developing the capability to determine their lives despite the ever-changing challenges.Trade Review “Living on a Time Bomb is a thoroughly argued and ethnographically rich case study of a rural Mexican community. It develops a theoretically-compelling concept—the oilscape—and demonstrates how the analysis can help us to understand landscapes of extraction.” • Sam Holley-Kline, Florida State UniversityTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Entering the Oilscape Chapter 1. Theorizing Oil: A Conceptualization of the Oilscape Chapter 2. A Mexican Oil Story – historic Background and contemporary Setting Chapter 3. From Booms, Declines and Time Bombs - Temporalities of Oil in Emiliano Zapata Chapter 4. From an Ejido to an Extraction Site – Materialities of Oil in Emiliano Zapata Chapter 5. Dealing with the Dragon – Social Dynamics and Ambiguity in Emiliano Zapata Conclusion and Discussion References Index

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Book Synopsis Through a series of case studies in diverse regions of the world, this book explores how transnational Norwegian energy and extractive industries handle corporate social responsibility (CSR) when operating abroad in places such as China, Brazil, and Turkey. With significant state ownership and embeddedness in the Nordic societal model, Norwegian capitalism is often represented as “benign” or ethical. By tracing CSR policy and practice—from headquarters to operations—this volume critically explores the workings of Norwegian corporate capitalism and its engagement with key issues of responsibility, accountability, and sustainability.Trade Review “Offers a timely and vital critique of the practice of corporate social responsibility by state-owned companies, filling a gap in existing literature that focuses on private firms.” • Jessica Smith, Colorado School of MinesTable of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Introduction: Bringing the State Back in: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Paradoxes of Norwegian State Capitalism in the International Energy and Extraction Industries Ståle Knudsen, Dinah Rajak, Siri Lange, and Isabelle Hugøy Part I: Setting the Scene. Introduction and Framing of CSR in the Norwegian Context. Chapter 1. Rethinking Access: Key Methodological Challenges in Studying Energy Companies Ingrid Birce Müftüoğlu, Ståle Knudsen, Ragnhild Freng Dale, Oda Eiken, Dinah Rajak, and Siri Lange Chapter 2. Samfunnsansvar is not CSR: Mapping Expectations and Practices of (Corporate) Social Responsibility in Norway Oda Eiken Maraire and Isabelle Hugøy Chapter 3. Dynamics of Localized Social Responsibility: A Case from Agder, Norway Eldar Bråten Chapter 4. Model of a Model: Norsk Hydro at Home and Abroad Ståle Knudsen Part II: Ethnographies of Norwegian Corporations’ Engagement with CSR Chapter 5. Traveling, Translation, Transformation: On Social Responsibility and the Nordic Model in China Emil A. Røyrvik Chapter 6. Between Social Footprint and Compliance, or “What IBAMA Wants”: Equinor Brazil’s Social Sustainability Policy Iselin Åsedotter Strønen Chapter 7. Gender, Regulation, and Corporate Social Responsibility: The Case of Equinor’s Social Investments in Tanzania Siri Langeand Victoria Wyndham Chapter 8. Exporting the Norwegian Model Through the “Capacity Building” of a Local Union Branch: The Case of Equinor in Tanzania Siri Lange Chapter 9. Staging Mutual Dependencies: Energy Infrastructure and CSR in a Norwegian Petroleum Town Ragnhild Freng Dale Chapter 10. Standardizing Responsibility Through the Stakeholder Figure: Norwegian Hydropower in Turkey Ståle Knudsen, Ingrid Birce Müftüoğlu, and Isabelle Hugøy Chapter 11. The “Nordic model” in the Middle East Oil Fields: How Shareholder Value Eclipses Corporate Responsibility Synnøve Bendixsen Conclusion: Inactive State Ownership and the Nordic Model Recast as “Values” Ståle Knudsen Index

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Book SynopsisTaking a global view of the issues around the management of natural resources and offering practical approaches to addressing them, this book will appeal to a broad range of stakeholders.

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Book SynopsisThe history of man’s love affair with a completely useless gem. Diamonds are almost completely useless but prized above all other gems. Historically they have attracted crimes of passion and awful cold-blooded efficiency, have bedazzled the greatest filmstars and the most opulent courts, and provided the incentive for adventure, destruction and greed on a monumental scale. No one company is more identified with diamonds than the South African-based De Beers. Until the collapse of the Iron Curtain they controlled the diamond market. After the collapse, they still controlled it – once they had bought up most of the diamonds emerging from the former Soviet Union. They are secretive, discreet and very, very powerful. A strike in Northern Canada could hardly seem to trouble them. Except that it prefigured a diamond rush in a territory over which they had no influence by prospectors they did not own. And the strike promised enormous riches. Here is the true story of the strike that upset the diamond kings, and with it the history of the world’s most acclaimed diamonds, the process by which they are cut, fashioned, smuggled and stolen, the legends and superstitions that are attached to them, the characters who comprise the great diamond prospectors and, above all, of the shadowy hand of De Beers for whom diamonds are forever.Trade Review‘Matthew Hart conveys the glamour, adventure, ruthlessness and even murderous nature of the trade with a novelist’s grasp of narrative…Excellent.’ The Times ‘Wonderfully absorbing.’ Simon Winchester ‘Hart writes, as it were, from the heart…he cares so intimately, knows so much and selects so impeccably…he has sketched a vignette of 20th-century social and economic change from the point of view of a most atypical industry.’ Sunday Times ‘Anyone who looks at the glittering window displays of jewellery shops will think rather differently after reading it.’ Guardian ‘A gripping story of truly global reach…he has kept his tale at just the right pressure and temperature, and the result is a compelling book – think Indiana Jones meets James Bond meets Forbes ASAP.’ Independent on Sunday ‘From the frozen wastes of northern Canada to the beaches of Namibia and on to the fortified diamond houses of London’s Charterhouse Street, this is, fittingly, sparkling stuff.’ GQ

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Book SynopsisContains the papers presented at the third international meeting on the 'numerical analysis of weldability' organised by the International Institute of Welding and the Department of Materials Science and Welding at Graz University of Technology. The evolution in weld microstructure has been modelled using cellular automata, which enable non-trivial processes and patterns to be computed starting with simple deterministic rules. One paper describes a model which incorporates the effect of deformation on precipitation kinetics in the HAZ during welding of cold-worked aluminium. For the first time there is a detailed article on the precipitation of oxides from the liquid weld pool.

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Book SynopsisThis publication presents a methodology aimed at supporting the planning and implementation of regional demersal (bottom and beam) trawl and pelagic acoustic surveys. It can be useful for the implementation of new surveys-at-sea in areas where demersal trawl and pelagic acoustic surveys are not regularly carried out. In the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, the assessment of pelagic stocks is essentially based on acoustic surveys using acoustic techniques with mid-water trawling. These routine surveys-at-sea provide essential information, which are crucial to fine-tune the assessments of the status of resources. However, survey practices differ from one subregion to another, resulting in a lack of large-scale standardized surveys. According to the report, the methodology presented can tackle this issue by increasing comparability between existing surveys thanks to the standardization of methods, sampling of catches and data recording and analysis. Finally, it represents a valuable tool to define minimum requirements towards sustainability and management objectives at the regional and subregional level.

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