Argues that corporate neo-colonialism in the diamond trade of Sierra Leone has served to restrict its social and economic growth, excluding and marginalising it from the club of wealthier nations, and causing it to continue to rely on international aid
The Business of Mining complete set of three Focus books provides readers with a holistic all-embracing appraisal of the analytical tools available for assessing the economic viability of prospective mines. Each volume has a discrete focus. This third volume commences with "Our …
Abstract: The Future of Mining in South Africa: Sunset or Sunrise? is the first of its kind in South Africa. The book aims to catalyse change by gathering together fragmented views into unifying conversations about the future of mining in South Africa and other countries across …
"The Future of Mining in South Africa: Sunset or Sunrise? is the first of its kind in South Africa. The book aims to catalyse change by gathering together fragmented views into unifying conversations about the future of mining in South Africa and other countries across the miner…
"The years of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, aptly described by Mark Twain as the 'Gilded Age' witnessed an unprecedented level of technological change, material excess, untrammled pursuit of profit and imperial expansion. Within this dynamic and often ruthle…
In the twentieth century, the innermost arm of the American state, the US Department of the Interior pursued minerals beyond US borders, spanning continents, plumbing depths, and reaching into the heavens. Although the Interior Department is known today for managing natural reso…
In the twentieth century, the innermost arm of the American state, the US Department of the Interior pursued minerals beyond US borders, spanning continents, plumbing depths, and reaching into the heavens. Although the Interior Department is known today for managing natural reso…
In the twentieth century, the innermost arm of the American state, the US Department of the Interior pursued minerals beyond US borders, spanning continents, plumbing depths, and reaching into the heavens. Although the Interior Department is known today for managing natural reso…
In the twentieth century, the innermost arm of the American state, the US Department of the Interior pursued minerals beyond US borders, spanning continents, plumbing depths, and reaching into the heavens. Although the Interior Department is known today for managing natural reso…
In the twentieth century, the innermost arm of the American state, the US Department of the Interior pursued minerals beyond US borders, spanning continents, plumbing depths, and reaching into the heavens. Although the Interior Department is known today for managing natural reso…
In the twentieth century, the innermost arm of the American state, the US Department of the Interior pursued minerals beyond US borders, spanning continents, plumbing depths, and reaching into the heavens. Although the Interior Department is known today for managing natural reso…
During the twentieth century, the Soviet Union turned the Kola Peninsula in the northwest corner of the country into one of the most populated, industrialized, militarized, and polluted parts of the Arctic. This transformation suggests, above all, that environmental relations fu…
Scientific and practical studies of raw material issues presents the contribution to the Russian-German raw materials forum. The main theme of the book is problematic issues of subsoil use, whereby the contributions are divided in two main parts: - Exploration, mining and proces…
