Management of Mineral Resources : Creating Value in the Mining Business.
Material type: TextPublisher: Littleton : SME, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (120 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780873353113Subject(s): Mines and mineral resources -- ManagementGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Management of Mineral Resources : Creating Value in the Mining BusinessDDC classification: 622/.068 LOC classification: TN274 -- .C36 2002ebOnline resources: Click to ViewCover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1: Introduction -- Background -- Objective and Scope -- Structure of This Book -- CHAPTER 2: The Concept of Management -- Definition of Management -- The Evolution of Modern Management -- Conclusions About Management Theory -- Managing Mineral Resource Assets -- A Business Management Model for Mining -- CHAPTER 3: The Economics of Mining -- Basic Economic Concepts -- Develpment of Mining Economics -- Line-of-Mine Modeling -- CHAPTER 4: The Mining Strategy -- Mineral Resource Characteristics -- The Planning Process -- Major Issues in Strategic Mine Planning -- Case Study -- CHAPTER 5: Organizational Design -- Organizational Structure -- Reward and Penalty System -- Technical and Control Systems -- Selection, Training, and Development of People -- Illustrative Case -- CHAPTER 6: Challenges to the Mining Industry -- Challenges to the Mining Firm -- Challenges to Educational Institutions -- Challenges to Government Organizations -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Index -- About the Author -- Cover.
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 implementation. This book is concerned with the analysis of some of the internal, controllable factors that influence mining production effectiveness. It combines the best thinking in mining and management so that practitioners can devise a concrete strategy for generating maximum shareholder value.
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