Library: Surface Mining: Book
Surface Mining
By Bruce A. Kennedy, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.)
Contributor Bruce A. Kennedy
Published by SME, 1990
ISBN 0873351029, 9780873351027
1206 pages
This SME classic is both a reference book for the working engineer and a textbook for the mining student, This hardcover edition gives a brief history of surface mining and a general overview of the state of surface mining today--topics range from production and productivity to technological developments and trends in equipment. This useful text takes the approach that exploration and mining geologists must be expert in a number of fields, including basic finance and economics, logistics, and pragmatic prospecting.
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