understanding the context of engineering practice Armstrong, Rita creator Baillie, Caroline. Cumming-Potvin, Wendy text bibliography cau San Rafael, California?] Morgan & Claypool Publishers [2014] 2014 monographic eng

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xx, 128 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. 1. 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 -- 2. 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 -- 3. 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 -- 4. 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 -- References -- Author biographies specialized Rita Armstrong, Caroline Baillie, Wendy Cumming-Potvin Includes bibliographical reference Mines and mineral resources Social aspects Mines and mineral resources History Mines and mineral resources Papua New Guinea Mines and mineral resources Australia 9781608458783 (print) 1608458784 (print) UMP 150601 20251125100127.0 vtls000087410