Mining Article Reviews Samples For Students

The relevant stakeholders described in the articles is composed of the corporations such as Newmont Mining and the other companies involved in the mining operations. However, the most affected and considerably the important stakeholders in the case are the residents of the communities near the Yanacocha mine, and town of Choropampa. Peru’s mining history was shrouded with allegations of environmental negligence due to the issues of mercury spill that affected the nearby areas of Newmont mining site. What makes the corporations involved as stakeholders is that the company has the highest business interest in the issue given that ...

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The article has been written about managing risk with reference to the gold mining industry in the United States of America and Canada. Over here, the writer first mentions that while most firms do not like to divulge their risk management processes, the firms which are dealing in the gold mining sector would rather disclose their risk management process. He further justifies this to be one of the key reasons for this research as he would get access to recent and accurate data and thereby would be able to conduct an empirical analysis. Also the author gets an opportunity ...

The Latin American countries have for a long time waged war against imperialism and neo-colonialism by the developed countries. In the heart of neo-colonialism is capitalist imperialism that is characterized by predatory activities of countries that seek to reap big from the less developed country’s resources. Despite the fact that Canada does not regard itself as a capitalistic nation, its large-scale involvement in mining investments in Latin America gives quite a different picture. The mining industry has always been frowned upon and although it is one of the most lucrative businesses, its eventual effect on the population and ...

Abstract

The amount of natural resources has continually reduced due to increased demand of an ever-growing population. However, the cost of natural resources has not risen as expected due to technological advancements. There is a prediction that in the coming years, the cost of all natural resources will be high since technology will no longer be a leveling factor.

Keywords- scarcity, natural resources, cost, technology

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Describe the kinds of “big data” collected by the organizations described in this case.

The organizations described in Big data big rewards collect different kinds of big data. The British library collects data about the billions of searches performed by their website visitors. The library also preserves historically significant sites that no longer exist, for example, websites of past politicians. State and federal law enforcement agencies collect big data on all crimes and information about criminals such as suspect’s photos and their past offenses. They also have data on criminal organizations, illegal activities, and crime complaints. Vestas collects big data about the weather and the location they want to set up turbines. ...

Review of Collapse: Prologue, (2005) Viking Press, New York
Summary: The prologue of the book is the part wherein Diamond summarizes the contents of the entire book in just one whole paragraph. The comparative methods employed by Diamond on his book aims to better understand the reasons for the collapse of previous civilizations, as well as the direct relation over the environmental issues. The prologue enumerates the five fatal reasons that contribute to the collapse of the society. By studying the civilizations of Norse, Vikings and other ancient peoples, Diamond was able to lay out these five reasons ...

Doug Baldwin’s article, A Study in Social Control: The Life of the Silver Miner in Northern Ontario, presents a complete sociological examination of the relationship between capitalist enterprises and the social hierarchy that it serves. Baldwin’s work, although overly historical in the preface of the article, thoroughly explains the causal dependencies in regard to the development of a micro-culture. The article demonstrates that similar mechanisms also propel larger groups to societies and that there are analogous instances that can be seen through each stage of development. Baldwin is an academic writer who does express the intended ideas ...

In today’s information age, more and more details about people’s personal and professional lives are available than ever before. To that end, many people have concerns about how that might affect their lives and futures; how much do we want others to know about us? In Erin Moriarty’s “Did the Internet Kill Privacy?”, the journalist discusses the dangers and pitfalls of having personal information about yourself online, and how it affects one’s academic and work lives. Meanwhile, Rhonda Savage’s “Facebook: Fired Up or Just Fired?” takes a more even-handed approach to the Internet, showing both ...

It has always been the case that those with power go away with anything they want. This is mostly experienced in the African continent where it is said that absolute power corrupts absolutely. Mining brings with it many aspects such as the resettlement of individuals from their land so that exploration can be done but there are cases where individuals are removed forcefully from their land for mining to be done. The article presents two cases where big companies of course get what they want but using different approaches.
In the first case, the people of Chisumbanje Zimbabwe were ...

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A few years ago China was the largest supplier of rare earths in the world with 95 per cent of the world production of rare earths coming from China . In 2010 China took a turn in its marketing strategy for rare earths. It restricted export of rare earth by imposing a quota of 40 per cent on exports of rare earths. Export to Japan was totally cut off due to some dispute between the two countries. The ensuing uncertainty about rare earth supply led to the sky-rocketing of the price of rare earths in the world market.
The high ...

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The OECD guidelines are meant to guide companies and other enterprises on the way forward while conducting their businesses. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as it is commonly known is defined by the European Commission (2010) as, “a concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and their interaction with their stakeholders on a voluntary basis." Davis (1973) states that it not merely enough for companies to have economic concerns but they should go beyond that and better the community around them. Although it is clear that these stipulations are voluntary, and no one firm can ...

Question 1 (Answer)

According to Piven's specialist, the mercury got into his sushi through the mercury contaminated fish (Pirrone and Mahaffey, 2005). The etiology is indistinct, yet his level of mercury was uniquely high, one of the most. Piven’s alleged fanatic of sushi consumed oysters, scallops as well as the mackerel which made his intake of mercury far much above the safety zone.

Question 2 (Answer)

Mercury is a concoction component with image Hg and nuclear number 80 (Pirrone and Mahaffey, 2005). Mercury is the main metallic component that is fluid at standard conditions for temperature and weight, the main other component that is fluid ...

Bitcoin is purely peer-peer electronic cash that makes it possible for online money payments to be remitted directly from one party to the other without having to go through financial institutions. With bitcoin, digital signatures are considered part of the solution but the problem arises when the trusted third party is needed to curtail any form of double spending. The solution to this double spending lies in bitcoin; this is because it timestamps transactions by hashing them into a hash-based work proof. This makes it form a network that will not be altered unless the proof-of work is redone. Bitcoin has ...

Sustainable development and business ethics are interrelated in many respects. Sustainable development is understood as a form of human development where resource use aims to ensure as human needs are met the natural systems and the environment is sustained. Business ethics on the other hand refers to the principles that govern the acceptable conduct in business organizations. Any business organization that has sober set principles can easily respect the legal procedures that govern the use of resources found in the natural systems and environment. Many states have ratified laws that protect and regulate the use of resources fostering economic growth ...