Metal-mining in Peru, Past and Present
Author : Michael Purser
Publisher : New York : Praeger Publishers
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 10,44 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
A History of Mining in Latin America
Author : Kendall W. Brown
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 32,2 MB
Release : 2012-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0826351077
Book Description
For twenty-five years, Kendall Brown studied Potosí, Spanish America's greatest silver producer and perhaps the world's most famous mining district. He read about the flood of silver that flowed from its Cerro Rico and learned of the toil of its miners. Potosí symbolized fabulous wealth and unbelievable suffering. New World bullion stimulated the formation of the first world economy but at the same time it had profound consequences for labor, as mine operators and refiners resorted to extreme forms of coercion to secure workers. In many cases the environment also suffered devastating harm. All of this occurred in the name of wealth for individual entrepreneurs, companies, and the ruling states. Yet the question remains of how much economic development mining managed to produce in Latin America and what were its social and ecological consequences. Brown's focus on the legendary mines at Potosí and comparison of its operations to those of other mines in Latin America is a well-written and accessible study that is the first to span the colonial era to the present.
The Peruvian Mining Industry
Author : Elizabeth W Dore
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 23,91 MB
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1000232476
Book Description
This book examines patterns of growth, stagnation, and crisis in the Peruvian mining industry in twentieth century, presenting an assessment of the nature of some internal constraints which prevents mining companies in Peru from responding to price incentives and increased demand for their products.
Occurrence and Recovery of Certain Minor Metals in the Processing of Lead and Zinc
Author : John G. Parker
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 23,71 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
Book Description
Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas
Author : Peter Bakewell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 44,79 MB
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1351917358
Book Description
This volume focuses on Latin America, since it was mainly there that Europeans (or their colonial descendants) actually engaged in mining in the 16th-19th centuries; elsewhere they traded metals mined by others. The principal metals produced, and in prodigious quantities, were silver, in the Spanish colonies, and gold, mainly in Brazil in the 18th century. These articles analyse the volume and pattern of production and the forms of labour found in mining. Particular attention is given to the technologies of extraction and refining, notably the adoption of the mercury amalgamation process: this had a major impact, driving down silver production costs; because the mercury mines were a royal monopoly, it also handed control to the Spanish crown.
An American Miner in Peru
Author : Chuck Preble
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 44,40 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1627873473
Book Description
Mercury, Mining, and Empire
Author : Nicholas A. Robins
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 15,69 MB
Release : 2011-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0253005388
Book Description
On the basis of an examination of the colonial mercury and silver production processes and related labor systems, Mercury, Mining, and Empire explores the effects of mercury pollution in colonial Huancavelica, Peru, and Potosí, in present-day Bolivia. The book presents a multifaceted and interwoven tale of what colonial exploitation of indigenous peoples and resources left in its wake. It is a socio-ecological history that explores the toxic interrelationships between mercury and silver production, urban environments, and the people who lived and worked in them. Nicholas A. Robins tells the story of how native peoples in the region were conscripted into the noxious ranks of foot soldiers of proto-globalism, and how their fate, and that of their communities, was—and still is—chained to it.
Mining in the Americas
Author : Helmut Waszkis
Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 27,55 MB
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 1845699084
Book Description
Twenty years of work went into the writing of this: the first book to cover the history of mines and mining in North and South America. The text is enlivened by sketches of many miners the author got to know over the decades.
Mining Capital
Author : Michael Seeger
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 10,39 MB
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3030312259
Book Description
Mining is a capital-intensive industry, and involves long lead times to develop projects that demand a structured approach, from mine exploration to exit. This book provides mine developers, investors, owners, shareholders, and mineral policymakers a comprehensive game plan to raise capital for the development of new mining projects or to bolster operational mines. The author, an experienced mining capital consultant, shows how mine developers and mine owners can secure capital in any phase of the commodity price cycle, at any site, and at any project stage. The book follows a proven and structured approach that enables mine developers and owners to successfully raise capital for their projects. With the aid of case studies and practical methods, the reader will learn the essentials on topics ranging from developing and marketing a business case for investment, to the types and sources of mining capital for different project stages, as well as the structure and significance of due diligence. The author presents actual mining projects and their funding plans, transaction structures and term sheets for capital. The mining projects discussed represent various project stages, commodities, and parts of the globe, offering a comprehensive reference guide for mine developers, investors and promoters alike.
Information Circular
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 37,83 MB
Release :
Category : Mine safety
ISBN :
