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Author Camus, Juan P., 1957-

Title Management of Mineral Resources : Creating Value in the Mining Business.

Publication Info. Littleton : SME, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (122 pages)
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Contents 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.
Summary 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 managementthe process of generating plans and supervising their implement.
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Subject Mines and mineral resources -- Management.
Mines and mineral resources -- Management.
Mines and mineral resources.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9780873352161
ISBN 9780873353113 (electronic book)
0873353110 (electronic book)