This book provides insight for practitioners to prepare configurations for those surface mining business impacting attributes in a meaningful representation. The contribution of this book lies in giving a direction to those think tanks of mining industry dealing with attributes impacting business they are working in. Based on their survey within their company, attributes can be explored and coded either on colour codes or any other method as they find suitable. The academics can help practitioners find out different latent attributes impacting business in surface mines which can be integrated in a holistic approach for the people working in this particular challenging environment.
The book is an attempt to explore and interpret attributes influencing business of Indian surface mining industry in a managerial technique popular in other fields. The study further introduces a colour coding system resulting in prioritizing business influencing attributes of Indian surface mines in a meaningful way. Implementation or use of this approach can transform operational strategies of mining operators in enriching mining productivity issues.
The book shows priorities can be fixed on different attributes influencing business of this basic industry struggling with range of issues. The technique of attending those niggling issues in a colour coding system will show a new direction to operational strategy in tackling business issues. Attribute prioritizing and subsequent clustering will lead to eradication of confusion in attending any attribute. High impacting attribute will get preference in addressing than lower ones. Moreover, a clear cut approach in tackling issues will have instructive signals on industry’s implementing level of management people. At last, we recommend implementation of this strategy at various struggling industries other than surface mining. Efforts on higher impacting attributes will get due attention, tagging a colour coding system.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Problems faced by mining business
- Significance of the book
- Direction of the book
- Chapter summary
- Chapters of book
- Studies carried out around the world
- Studies carried by researchers/ experts
- Attributes from studies of researchers/ experts
- Gaps of previous studies
- Operational definitions of influencing variables identified
- Chapter summary
- Indian Mining and minerals at a glance
- Indian Mining Industry at a glance
- Chapter Summary
- Surface mining process and productivity
- Type of mining methods
- Massively deposited surface mining processes
- Productivity
- Chapter Summary
- Business influencing factors and interpretations
- Five-Factor Structure of Mining business
- Explanation to the five principal factors
- Ranking of attributes based on impact factor
- Cluster of attributes based on impact factor
- Colour coding of influencing attributes
- Chapter Summary
- Conclusion
- Summary of important factors
- Ranking of influencing attributes and their clusters
- Managerial and academic implications
Objectives and Key Themes
This book aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the factors influencing surface mining operations, drawing on both theoretical frameworks and empirical research. It explores the challenges and opportunities presented by the global mining industry, with a particular focus on the Indian context.
- Challenges and trends in the global mining industry
- Key factors influencing surface mining operations
- Productivity and efficiency in surface mining
- The role of technology and innovation in surface mining
- The impact of regulatory frameworks on surface mining operations
Chapter Summaries
The book begins by outlining the challenges facing the mining industry, particularly in the context of the recent commodity super-cycle. It then delves into a review of existing literature on surface mining operations, highlighting the key influencing factors identified by researchers and experts. The authors also highlight the gaps in existing studies, particularly with regard to statutory clearances, political influences, and dispatching systems.
The third chapter provides an overview of the Indian mining industry, including its key characteristics and the distribution of minerals and ores. The fourth chapter focuses on the surface mining process itself, exploring different types of methods and the key stages involved, including exploration, excavation, loading, transporting, crushing, beneficiation, dispatching, and reclamation. The chapter also examines different measures of productivity in surface mining.
The final chapter delves into the five-factor structure of the mining business, identifying the key attributes that impact operations and their relative importance.
Keywords
Surface mining, mining operations, global mining industry, Indian mining industry, productivity, efficiency, influencing factors, regulatory frameworks, statutory clearances, political influences, dispatching systems, exploration, excavation, loading, transporting, crushing, beneficiation, reclamation, commodity super-cycle, research review, case studies, empirical data.
- Citation du texte
- Dr. Padma Charan Mishra (Auteur), Dr. Manoj Kumar Mohanty (Auteur), Dr. Manmohan Mall (Auteur), 2018, Operations of Surface Mines. An insight, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/452089
