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Camus Juan P. <1957-> |
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Titolo |
Management of mineral resources [[electronic resource] ] : creating value in the mining business / / Juan P. Camus |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Littleton, Colo., : Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-61344-065-0 |
0-87335-311-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (122 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mines and mineral resources - Management |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-101) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminaries; Contents; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 THE CONCEPT OF MANAGEMENT; CHAPTER 3 THE ECONOMICS OF MINING; CHAPTER 4 THE MINING STRATEGY; CHAPTER 5 ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN; CHAPTER 6 CHALLENGES TO THE MINING INDUSTRY; REFERENCES; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The mining industry's strategy for coping with low profitability has focused primarily on controlling production costs. Despite mechanization, automation, and other technical improvements, the aggregate profitability of mining still falls far short of that realized by most other industries. Author Juan Camus contends that what is required is not additional technical knowledge, but rather sound management practices that utilize the existing knowledge base more productively. Management of Mineral Resources explores mining management-the process of generating plans and supervising their implement |
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