Download or read book Issues Trends and Needs in the U S Mining Industry written by United States. Bureau of Mines. Mining Research and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evolutionary and Revolutionary Technologies for Mining written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-03-14 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) of the U. S. Department of Energy commissioned the National Research Council (NRC) to undertake a study on required technologies for the Mining Industries of the Future Program to complement information provided to the program by the National Mining Association. Subsequently, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health also became a sponsor of this study, and the Statement of Task was expanded to include health and safety. The overall objectives of this study are: (a) to review available information on the U.S. mining industry; (b) to identify critical research and development needs related to the exploration, mining, and processing of coal, minerals, and metals; and (c) to examine the federal contribution to research and development in mining processes.
Download or read book Global Challenges for Innovation in Mining Industries written by Alica Daly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-21 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering the first in-depth global analysis of the innovation ecosystem in the mining industry, this book is aimed at policy-makers and academia alike. A wide range of international contributors assess this from different perspectives, using both a novel mining patent and innovation database and a wide set of analytical approaches.
Download or read book Emerging Workforce Trends in the U S Energy and Mining Industries written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-09-04 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energy and mineral resources are essential for the nation's fundamental functions, its economy, and security. Nonfuel minerals are essential for the existence and operations of products that are used by people every day and are provided by various sectors of the mining industry. Energy in the United States is provided from a variety of resources including fossil fuels, and renewable and nuclear energy, all with established commercial industry bases. The United States is the largest electric power producer in the world. The overall value added to the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011 by major industries that consumed processed nonfuel mineral materials was $2.2 trillion. Recognizing the importance of understanding the state of the energy and mining workforce in the United States to assure a trained and skilled workforce of sufficient size for the future, the Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Energy technology Laboratory (NETL) contracted with the National Research Council (NRC) to perform a study of the emerging workforce trends in the U.S. energy and mining industries. Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries: A Call to Action summarizes the findings of this study.
Download or read book Issues Needs of the Mining Industry written by United States. Bureau of Mines and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The U S Mining and Mineral processing Industry written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Minerals Critical Minerals and the U S Economy written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-03-11 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minerals are part of virtually every product we use. Common examples include copper used in electrical wiring and titanium used to make airplane frames and paint pigments. The Information Age has ushered in a number of new mineral uses in a number of products including cell phones (e.g., tantalum) and liquid crystal displays (e.g., indium). For some minerals, such as the platinum group metals used to make cataytic converters in cars, there is no substitute. If the supply of any given mineral were to become restricted, consumers and sectors of the U.S. economy could be significantly affected. Risks to minerals supplies can include a sudden increase in demand or the possibility that natural ores can be exhausted or become too difficult to extract. Minerals are more vulnerable to supply restrictions if they come from a limited number of mines, mining companies, or nations. Baseline information on minerals is currently collected at the federal level, but no established methodology has existed to identify potentially critical minerals. This book develops such a methodology and suggests an enhanced federal initiative to collect and analyze the additional data needed to support this type of tool.
Download or read book Global Challenges for Innovation in Mining Industries written by Alica Daly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-21 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People have been digging in the ground for useful minerals for thousands of years. Mineral materials are the foundation of modern industrial society. As the global population grows and standards of living in emerging and developing countries rises, the demand for mineral products is increasing. Mining ensures that we have an adequate supply of the raw materials to produce all the components of modern life, and at competitive prices. Innovation is central to meeting the diverse challenges faced by the mining industry. It is critical for developing techniques for finding new deposits of minerals, enabling us to recover increasing amounts of minerals from the ground in a cost-effective manner, and ensuring it this is done in a way that is as environmentally responsible. This book provides the first in-depth global analysis of the innovation ecosystem in the mining sector. This book is Open Access.
Download or read book Future Problems of the Nation s Critical and Strategic Minerals and Metals Industry written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Study Problems of American Small Business. Subcommittee on Mining and Minerals Industry and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-11-03 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, the result of a congressionally mandated study, examines the adequacy of the regulatory framework for mining of hardrock mineralsâ€"such as gold, silver, copper, and uraniumâ€"on over 350 million acres of federal lands in the western United States. These lands are managed by two agenciesâ€"the Bureau of Land Management in the Department of the Interior, and the Forest Service in the Department of Agriculture. The committee concludes that the complex network of state and federal laws that regulate hardrock mining on federal lands is generally effective in providing environmental protection, but improvements are needed in the way the laws are implemented and some regulatory gaps need to be addressed. The book makes specific recommendations for improvement, including: The development of an enhanced information management system and a more efficient process to review new mining proposals and issue permits. Changes to regulations that would require all mining operations, other than "casual use" activities that negligibly disturb the environment, to provide financial assurances for eventual site cleanup. Changes to regulations that would require all mining and milling operations (other than casual use) to submit operating plans in advance.
Download or read book Competitiveness of the U S Minerals and Metals Industry written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1990-02-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes an assessment of the global minerals and metals industry; a review of technologies in use for exploration, mining, minerals processing, and metals extraction; and a look at research priorities. The core of the volume is a series of specific recommendations for government, industry, and the academic community, to promote partnerships that will produce a strong flow of new technologies. Special focus is given to the role of the federal government, particularly the Bureau of Mines.
Download or read book New Forces at Work in Mining written by D. J. Peterson and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past century, technology advances have had major impacts on mining practices and the nature of the mine and quarry sites in the United States. The evolution of current technologies, as well as the introduction of innovations, will continue and perhaps accelerate in the new century. Several industry objectives will drive future technology change, including lowering production costs, enhancing the productivity of workers and equipment, opening up new reserves and extending the life of existing ore bodies. Continuing to meet regulatory and stakeholder requirements in areas such as health and safety, environmental impacts, and land use. Between March and July 2000, the RAND Science and Technology Policy Institute conducted a series of in-depth, confidential discussions with key members of the mining community to elicit a wide range of views on technology trends in all sectors of the U.S. mining and quarrying industry. The discussions included 58 organizations engaged in coal, metals, aggregates, and industrial minerals production, as well as technology providers and research institutions. This report brings to light those technologies viewed by industry leaders as critical to the success of the industry currently, and critical technologies likely to be implemented between now and 2020.
Download or read book Changing Ownership Within the U S Minerals Industry written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to a congressional request, GAO: (1) surveyed Federal agency officials, principal mineral industry representatives, and other industry experts to obtain their views and perceptions on the causes and effects of takeovers of independent mining companies by oil companies, other domestic conglomerates, and foreign enterprises; and (2) searched and surveyed literature to identify major Federal and nongovernmental studies of changing ownership trends in the U.S. mineral industry. GAO also reviewed available statistical information on mergers and acquisitions involving the metal mining and metal processing industries. Although data problems associated with determining the ownership of the minerals industry exist, several trends have potential Federal policy implications. These include the loss of independent mineral and mining concerns to conglomerates, including oil company ownership, and the growing level of foreign investment in the minerals industry. Measuring the impact of these trends is extremely difficult. However, an ongoing Bureau of Mines study hopes to accumulate relevant data to assess the motives spurring minerals industry acquisitions and to gain an indication of the possible effects on industry performance. Current industry and expert opinions on the effects are subjective and varied. Further, concerns over the potential negative impacts are countered by arguments against interfering with the existing market forces. In short, there are potential benefits inherent in ownership trends as well as reasons for concern. Foreign investment in the mineral industry, although small in absolute terms, is more concentrated than in the rest of U.S. industry, and appears to be growing. No analysis on the effects of this investment on the industry has been done.
Download or read book Emerging Workforce Trends in the U S Energy and Mining Industries written by Board on Earth Sciences and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coal written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-12-21 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coal will continue to provide a major portion of energy requirements in the United States for at least the next several decades. It is imperative that accurate information describing the amount, location, and quality of the coal resources and reserves be available to fulfill energy needs. It is also important that the United States extract its coal resources efficiently, safely, and in an environmentally responsible manner. A renewed focus on federal support for coal-related research, coordinated across agencies and with the active participation of the states and industrial sector, is a critical element for each of these requirements. Coal focuses on the research and development needs and priorities in the areas of coal resource and reserve assessments, coal mining and processing, transportation of coal and coal products, and coal utilization.
Download or read book The U S Mining and Mineral Processing Industry written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an analysis of trends in the U.S. mineral industry, GAO studied the U.S. and foreign government actions that involve economic access to minerals, development and financing costs, labor costs, and energy availability and price. The closing of several zinc-processing facilities has reduced domestic capacity by almost 50 percent, and imports of zinc metal have increased 89 percent. Imports of chromium and manganese ores for use in making ferroalloys have declined, while imports of ferroalloys have increased substantially. Despite forecasts of annual growth in copper demand, no major new smelter or refinery capacity is likely before 1985; meanwhile, imports of refined copper over the last 10 years have risen from 6 percent to over 19 percent of U.S. consumption. Although demand for aluminum is forecast to grow at about 7 percent annually through 1985, U.S. aluminum production capacity is growing at only 1.4 percent annually, and imports of aluminum are expected to double by the year 2000. GAO compared U.S. and foreign government actions that influence these trends, and found that the U.S. Government: (1) limits the use of Federal lands for mineral exploration; (2) imposes strict environmental requirements which add significant costs to the development of domestic mineral projects (while some countries are either more lenient in their enforcement or provide assistance to defray costs); (3) restricts the use of joint ventures to pool resources and share risks; and (4) adds to the cost of labor by imposing worker health and safety requirements. There is much uncertainty regarding the future price and availability of energy supplies needed for the mineral industry due to the absence of a clear U.S. Government energy policy.
Download or read book The Global Copper Industry written by Raymond F. Mikesell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1988. Copper is one of the most actively traded commodities. It is a crucial commodity for industrialised countries, most of which depend on imports for their supplies. Copper is also the single most important export for many of the producer-countries. Changes in the patterns of the world trade in copper therefore have an important impact on many countries. This book surveys the state of the world copper industry as it was in the 1980s. It discusses the state of production, demand and trade and assesses trends. Special emphasis is given to the outlook for over capacity, prices and competitive structure.
