03828nam a22003254a 4500001001400000003000700014005001700021008004100038020002600079020002300105040000800128100002000136245013800156260006900294300003900363490006900402504003900471505044100510505086200951505057101813505077802384505003703162650004803199650004103247650005003288650004303338700002403381700002603405830007103431vtls000087410KUKTEM20251125100127.0150601t2014    cauab  f b    000 0 eng d  a9781608458783 (print)  a1608458784 (print)  aUMP1 aArmstrong, Rita10aMining and communities :bunderstanding the context of engineering practice /cRita Armstrong, Caroline Baillie, Wendy Cumming-Potvin  a[San Rafael, California?]bMorgan & Claypool Publishers,c[2014]  axx, 128 p. :bill., maps ;c24 cm.1 aSynthesis lectures on engineers, technology, and society ;v# 21  aIncludes bibliographical reference0 a1. Mining in history -- 1.1 Introduction: historiography of mining -- 1.2 Mining procedures -- 1.3 Society, economy, and technology: mining in history -- 1.3.1 Liquation: mining and merchant capitalism in early Renaissance Europe -- 1.3.2 Mercury amalgamation: mining and colonization in 16th century Latin America -- 1.3.3 Drills and dynamite: the efficient use of labor and capital in copper mines -- 1.4 Mining in the 21st century --8 a2. The Ok Tedi Mine in Papua New Guinea -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Description of the Ok Tedi Mine -- 2.3 Mining gold and copper at Ok Tedi -- 2.3.1 Exploration and feasibility: initial investments -- 2.3.2 Mining and mineral processing at Ok Tedi -- 2.4 Regulating the Ok Tedi Mine: the PNG government -- 2.5 Communities affected by the mine -- 2.5.1 Outsiders' perceptions of the Star Mountains -- 2.5.2 Social impacts alongside the mine site: the Wopkaimin -- 2.5.3 Social impacts upriver from the mine site: the Telefolmin -- 2.5.4 Social impacts downriver from the mine: the Yonggom and the Awin -- 2.6 Recent developments in perspective -- 2.7 Making sense of Ok Tedi -- 2.7.1 The government's perspective -- 2.7.2 An engineering and environmental science perspective -- 2.7.3 Anthropological representations of Ok Tedi -- 2.7.4 The mining industry --8 a3. Mining and society in Western Australia -- 3.1 The Pilbara -- 3.1.1 Research material -- 3.1.2 Historical setting -- 3.1.3 Mining in the Pilbara: from exclusion to engagement -- 3.1.4 Aboriginal response to mining -- 3.1.5 Aboriginal impact on mining and miners -- 3.2 Boddington, Southwestern Australia -- 3.2.1 Research material -- 3.2.2 Expansion of Boddington Gold Mine in 2009 -- 3.2.3 Community response to mining -- 3.3 Debates about mining in Western Australia -- 3.3.1 Mining as progress -- 3.3.2 Living in a "two stroke" economy -- 3.4 Final comments --8 a4. Acting on knowledge -- 4.1 Wholehearted opposition to mining -- 4.1.1 Radical political ecology and environmental activism: mining as the brutal face of capitalism -- 4.1.2 Grassroots movements and activist NGOs: mining as an abuse of human rights -- 4.2 Making mining companies accountable -- 4.2.1 Self-regulation: mining companies and sustainable development -- 4.2.2 Northern NGOs -- 4.2.3 Consensus between NGOs and mining companies: improving mining technology -- 4.3 The gap between company ideals and the social reality of mining: what can be done? -- 4.3.1 Critical understanding of the language of community engagement -- 4.3.2 Practical alternatives to the audit culture of community engagement -- 4.4 A return to the beginning: what engineers need to know --8 aReferences -- Author biographies 0aMines and mineral resourcesxSocial aspects 0aMines and mineral resourcesxHistory 0aMines and mineral resourceszPapua New Guinea 0aMines and mineral resourceszAustralia1 aBaillie, Caroline.,1 aCumming-Potvin, Wendy 0aSynthesis lectures on engineering, technology, and society ;v# 21