Extensive field farming and homegardening (representing an intensive resource management system) on different inclination positions were compared on the basis of soil quality and productivity of maize and Mung bean over two years, in Meegahakiula, Sri Lanka. Soil organic matter (SOM) content of homegardens was greater than in fields irrespective of the inclination and it was more pronounced in ...

In this paper we present and elaborate one research example when bauxite was the main target of the investigation. During reprocessing and reinterpretation of the original data from the “Crvene stijene” locality near Jajce in Bosnia and Herzegovina, it was established that bauxite hanging wall and footwall rocks in fact represent an even more valuable mineral resource, as “dimension stone”. The...

a Coal Reservoir Laboratory of National Engineering Research Center of CBM Development & Utilization, School of Energy Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China b Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, The EMS Energy Institute, G3 Center, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA c CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering, Private Bag 10, C...

The purpose of this work is to compare the linear and non-linear kriging methods in the mineral resource estimation of the Qolqoleh gold deposit in Saqqez, NW Iran. Considering the fact that the gold distribution is positively skewed and has a significant difference with a normal curve, a geostatistical estimation is complicated in these cases. Linear kriging, as a resource estimation method, c...

Over the past decade both labor and multifactor productivity have fallen in copper, iron ore, coal, and many other mining operations, causing production costs to rise. This decline, following years of rising productivity, has led many to conclude that new technology can no longer offset the adverse effects of resource depletion. As a result, real mineral commodity prices will be permanently hig...