major mining countries like Australia‚ acknowledged to be the safest mining industry in the world‚ and USA and Canada‚ to design safer equipment and solutions in mining applications. The design of equipment is closely evaluated by thorough risk assessment procedures. Examples are the risk of fire‚ with redesigned engine compartment hydraulics into hot and cold areas‚ use of fire retardant materials‚ and automated fire suppression systems. Examples of equipment solutions in the mining process
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Deep Ocean Mining Part 2 Deep ocean mining is an alternative to land mining in search of minerals such as copper‚ gold‚ manganese or cobalt among other minerals. The minerals on land are being depleted owing to the increasing demand for these minerals‚ and this makes the deep sea bed an alternative to the exploitation of minerals. The fact that the water bodies cover a huge part of earth’s surface makes deep sea mining even more viable
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Accidents[edit] In April 2013‚ at least 17 people were killed while mining illegally at a disused gold mine in Ghana’s central region. The ground reportedly caved in on the miners as they searched for gold deposits‚ and authorities were unclear as to how many miners originally went in. Sixteen bodies were excavated‚ with one man dying in hospital from his injuries.[ The activities of the miners pollute rivers and streams nearby that serve as a source of drinking water for communities downstream.
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Lantano The proposed building of coal-fired power plant in Aborlan‚ Palawan has swiftly been a controversy. Environmental organizations and the residents of Aborlan have strongly opposed the said proposal. Why? What makes them oppose such power plant? But first of all‚ what is coal? Coal‚ which is the most abundant fossil fuel‚ is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. Coal-fired power plant converts heat
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Modern-Surface Mining When coal seams are near the surface‚ it may be economical to extract the coal using open cut (also referred to as open cast‚ open pit‚ or strip) mining methods. Open cast coal mining recovers a greater proportion of the coal deposit than underground methods‚ as more of the coal seams in the strata may be exploited. Large Open Cast mines can cover an area of many square kilometers and use very large pieces of equipment. This equipment can include the following: Draglines which
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Wildcat Mining Recently there has been a dispute between the Munduruku Tribe and “wildcat miners”‚ in which several illegal miners had set up various mines on the Munduruku’s land in search of gold. To remove these miners on their land‚ the tribe’s leaders travelled to Brazil‚ demanding from the government to remove illegal miners on their territory. Unfortunately‚ a court action by the government could take years and years‚ thus the Munduruku Tribe decided to evict the illegal miners by themselves
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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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Chilean Mining Incident BCOM/275 Any time a business suffers some type of tragedy that could potentially involve serious injury or loss of life to the employees of the company‚ it is very important to ensure that the communication that follows is appropriate. The process of handling these types of events can make or break a company in the wake of a disaster. Communication to the families of the victims of the disaster will need a different type of communication than will the employees of the
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electricity through the combustion of coal is one of the oldest and cheapest methods to produce electricity. Coal supplies are plentiful and will be available to produce electricity for hundreds of years. While conventional supplies of oil and natural gas are expected to run out in the near future. This has cause a growth in nuclear power. Through out this report one will also learn the disadvantages and advantages to coal burning power plant and how they operate. Coal has played a major role in electricity
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main industry‚ the coal business did some dirty business to create success. In “Time Machine (1902): Children working in the Pennsylvania coal mines” written by McClure’s Magazine‚ this elaborates on the issues that the coal industry generated. It further explains that coal companies have been letting young boys work in terrible conditions with an unfair pay. These young boys usually work as coal breakers. Their job entailed that they by hand should separate impurities from coal in a processing plant
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