Management of mineral resources [electronic resource] : creating value in the mining business / Juan P. Camus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Camus, Juan P., 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mines and mineral resources--Management.

Mines and mineral resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Littleton, Colo. : Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c2002.

Language Note:

English

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 management-the process of generating plans and supervising their implement

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-101) and index.

ISBN:

1-61344-065-0

0-87335-311-0

OCLC:

609846005