Chilean Mining Accident BCOM 275 Donald Marrin 4/8/12 Brittney Preece "On Aug. 5‚ 2010‚ a gold and copper mine near the northern city of Copiapó‚ Chile caved in‚ trapping 33 miners in a chamber about 2‚300 feet below the surface. For 17 days‚ there was no word on their fate. As the days passed‚ Chileans grew increasingly skeptical
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Gold Digging Gold mining is one of the most destructive industries in the world. It can displace communities‚ hurt workers‚ destroy environments and contaminate drinking water. Water and land become polluted with mercury and cyanide which endangers ecosystems‚ animals and people. the health of people and ecosystems. Toxic mine waste contains many dangerous chemicals including arsenic‚ cyanide‚ lead‚ acids‚ merry and petroleum byproducts. Mining companies worldwide dump toxic waste into
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Mini Case Study-Bethesda Mining Mini-Case Study: Bethesda Mining Company Week 4 Application 2 Jo-Ann Savoie Walden University Finance: Fiscal Leadership in a Global Environment DDBA-8140-2 Dr. Guerman Kornilov March 24‚ 2011 The following Mini-Case on Bethesda Mining Company was taken from the text corporate finance (2010‚ P. 203-204). In order to determine if Bethesda Mine should open‚ a thorough analysis of the payback period‚ profitability
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Case: Bethesda Mining (Chapter 6) I have been asked by the President of Bethesda Mining Company to analyze a proposition by Mid-Ohio Electric Company to supply coal for its electric generators for the next four years. This proposition involves opening a new mine in Ohio‚ and making an investment in new equipment of $85‚000‚000‚ with a residual value to be transferred to a subsequent location of 60% of the purchase price‚ or $51‚000‚000. The equipment will be depreciated according to a 7-year MARCS
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Uranium mining and its effects on the environment is a major concern today. Although uranium can be helpful‚ there are risks that have a negative impact on the health of humans‚ animals; as well as effects on air‚ soil and water. Uranium is a hard‚ dense‚ malleable‚ silver-white‚ radioactive metal which can be used as an abundant source of concentrated energy. Uranium is a naturally occurring element found in low levels within rock‚ soil‚ air and water. It is the highest numbered element to be
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Mini-Case Study: Bethesda Mining Company Week 4 Application 2 Jo-Ann Savoie Walden University Finance: Fiscal Leadership in a Global Environment DDBA-8140-2 Dr. Guerman Kornilov March 24‚ 2011 The following Mini-Case on Bethesda Mining Company was taken from the text corporate finance (2010‚ P. 203-204). In order to determine if Bethesda Mine should open‚ a thorough analysis of the payback period‚ profitability index‚ average accounting
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Proposition: Resoloved that Mining in the Philippines be Banned. I. Exordium (opening) “Where you stand on this issue is determined by the question: do you love this country? If you do‚ you’ll fight for it..” “Mining is a search-and-destroy mission.” II. Salutation: Member of the Board of Judges‚ my worthy opponents‚ ladies and gentlemen‚ Good afternoon. III. Definition: According to Meriam-Webster’s Dictionary‚ mining is the excavation of materials from the Earth’s crust‚ including those
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Ethical dimensions of sustainable development and their relevance to Organisations: A case study of Coltan Mining Industry Author Institution Course title Instructor Date Introduction Sustainability and its use in enhancement of a sustainable development has become a major concern in the world economy. Many international documents including Agenda 21 on ethics highlights how governments and corporate bodies may achieve sustainable development. One of the strategies suggested by the document
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BLACK SAND MINING : Sand has become a very important mineral for our society due to its many uses. It can be used for making concrete‚ filling roads‚ building sites‚ brick-making‚ making glass‚ sandpapers‚ reclamations‚ and etc. The advantage of black sand mining is that the black sand is the one of the raw materials that used in making a metal that we used in building different establishments and buildings and also our houses. Aside from that ‚ families that is near in the black sand mining will have
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Antarctica is a continent which is rich in minerals but due to the Antarctic treaty mining has been banned from this area. I strongly agree that people should not mine this area for many reasons. They include‚ breakdown of peace‚ destruction of the environment‚ no major gain for the world‚ it would encourage disputes between the countries who have claimed a piece of Antarctica and it is against the laws of the treaty. Firstly‚ Antarctica is the one and only continent in the world which has never
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