Extractive industries Books

Storia dell'Economia Agricola in Sicilia e Cotonicoltura

Topical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources 2019 Vol. 1 collects the best reports presented at the Forum-Contest, and is of interest to academics and professionals involved in the extraction and processing of natural resources.

This book maps the encounters between Indigenous Peoples and local communities with mining companies in various post-colonial contexts. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of mining and the extractive industries, sustainable...

This book examines how different actors in Sierra Leone use the effects of large-scale mining to navigate the conditions of life. Of use to students and scholars working on resource extraction, large-scale investments, globalization, and development, as...

Sustainable energy branding has become one of the hottest topics in business. As climate change and market liberalisation-the greatest environmental and economic challenges of our times-are prompting the world's power companies to transform on a scale...

Metals and minerals are all around us in our everyday lives. They're used in everything from cars and kitchen appliances to smartphones and complex medical equipment. These natural resources are also integral to many forms of renewable energy. Mining is...

This volume investigates how mining affects societies and communities in Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan. As ex-Soviet states, Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan share history, culture and transitions to democracy. Most importantly, both are mineral-rich countries on...

This book is the result of an investigation into the history of the privatization of the steel industry in Italy, completed between 1994 and 1995. It will be of interest to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of business history,...

This book examines a large-scale land acquisition project for rice production in Ghana's Volta Region, which has been purported by some as a social and ecological showcase with the company entering a 'community-private partnership' with affected...

An investigation into one of the largest and most lucrative mineral mining companies in the world, Rio Tinto, Extraction Politics reveals how the company constructs a presence in the places it operates and shapes meanings and orientations toward the...

This prospectus provides detailed information about the mining industry in Utah and the activities of the Utah Mutual Tunnel and Silver Mining Company. It includes descriptions of the geological formations and mineral resources in the Bingham Canyon...

This is a detailed handbook on rock blasting for industrial purposes, with chapters on tools and equipment, hand-use tools, using explosives, blasting underwater, and much more. "Rock Blasting" will appeal to those with an interest in the history and...

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This book elucidates the concepts and innovative models around prospective developments with respect to oil and gas processing. It presents researches and studies performed by experts across the globe. Oil and gas processing and production falls under...

The oil and gas industry is one of the largest and most advanced sectors of engineering. This book on the oil and gas industry discusses topics related to well logging, reservoir engineering and drilling. Recent developments in the field of oil and gas...

Since its start in 1969, the family-owned Henry company had been viewed by the Permian Basin oil community as "a little ol' Spraberry driller," reliable and determined but quaintly plodding.But in summer 2003, the company inconspicuously drilled two...

QATAR ENERGY POLICY, LAWS AND REGULATION HANDBOOK VOLUME 2 PRINCIPAL LAWS, REGULATIONS

This study, first published in 1979, continues by examining the question of whether a competitive economy can efficiently allocate a stock of non-renewable natural resources through time. Long-run analyses of competitive economies with such resources...

Originally published in 1989. In this book Nicholas Xenos argues that the assumption that scarcity is a universal human condition is far from universal but rather a product of western influence. Informed by the work of Baudrillard, Bourdieu, Girard, and...

The Business of Greening, first published in 2000, debates the relationship between business and greening, and the future form this relationship could take. The book gives voice to industrial actors - employees, employers, managers, technical...

AWWA’s Water System Operations (WSO) series is the leading operator certification training, aligned with current Association of Boards of Certification (ABC) Need-to-Know criteria and offering training based on experience and certification level...

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Majority State Ownership of Oil and Mining Sectors in Africa: The Resource Curse Undermined shows that countries in sub-Saharan Africa with majority state ownership of their major oil or mineral export sectors suffered from more severe versions of the...

This book provides an insight into the world of commodity trading companies, depicted as the hidden companies of the global economy and showcases how they were instrumental in bringing about the economic integration of new commodities and far-flung...

Today, the relentless depletion of natural resources has reached a critical juncture, demanding innovative solutions. Advanced Geospatial Practices in Natural Environment Resource Management dives into the intricate tapestry of issues jeopardizing...

The New Beekeeping Manual is the ultimate guide for anyone interested in raising a healthy and thriving beehive. This comprehensive and step-by-step manual covers everything you need to know about beekeeping, from selecting the right beehive and...

This publication shares lessons on reducing integrity risks in projects in the water sector. It draws on reviews of 12 projects that were financed by the Asian Development Bank. The publication outlines how to identify and address control weaknesses that...

In 2017 it will be Australia's turn to chair the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP), an international organisation set up to regulate the trade in diamonds. Diamonds are a symbol of love, purchased to celebrate marriage, and it is therefore...

This book gives a comprehensive overview of Ghana's hydrocarbon economy using actor network and assemblage theories to contest the methodological nationalism of mainstream accounts of the resource curse in resource-rich countries.

This book analyses the political and economic causes, mechanisms and impacts of the industrial tree plantation boom in China. In the past two decades, the industrial tree plantation sector has been expanding rapidly in China, especially in Guangxi...

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...

Focusing on the experiences of Thailand and Australia, this book examines the impact of trade-restrictive measures as related to the EU's regulations to prevent Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.

This book reflects on Indonesia´s recent experience with REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation), all set within a broader discussion of neoliberal environmentalism, hyper-capitalism and Indonesian carbon politics.

The Bioeconomy and Non-Timber Forest Products provides the first investigation into the role of these products in supporting a transition from business-as-usual to a forest-based bioeconomy.

This book argues that river basins represent a particular structural setting in international relations with the potential for generating a dynamic of cooperation among the involved countries.

The oil and gas industry is at a crossroads. Recent low prices, rapidly growing alternative fuels like renewables, the permanent swing from peak oil to super abundance, shifting consumer preferences, and global pressures to decarbonize suggest a...

The oil and gas industry, just like other trades and professions, has its own peculiar language.For those whose activities revolve around this industry, it's imperative you know its terminology. Written in a dictionary format, this book defines hundreds...

The marble deposits in Vermont are some of the richest in the world. Vermont's Marble Industry takes readers deep inside the quarries of the Green Mountain State to show how stone was sawed and raised from the earth to be cut, polished, and carved into...

AWWA’s Water System Operations (WSO) series is the leading operator certification training, aligned with current Association of Boards of Certification (ABC) Need-to-Know criteria and offering training based on experience and certification level...

This utility operations manual provides drawings and approved procedures for fire hydrant design, installation, and operation and maintenance practices. It traces the development of the different styles and contains detailed instructions for testing...

This book examines the role played by business in urban water governance by analyzing the evolution of the global private water sector along with four public-private partnerships in Mexico and the U.S. The local nature of water services often hides the...

This book critically assesses categorical divisions between indigenous individual and collective rights regimes embedded in the foundations of international human rights law. Both conceptual ambiguities and practice-related difficulties arising in...