Global resource supply chains deliver products such as fish, rice and minerals from
producers to consumers around the world, linking disparate regions and economies. These …

Mining legacies are often dominated by large waste facilities and their associated
environmental impacts. The most serious environmental problem associated with mine …

Sustainability issues are often difficult for companies to manage because they require
communication across organisational departments and divisions. This paper provides some …

In capital-intensive industries, physical assets and maintenance activities play a relevant
and strategic role in terms of providing operational continuity and business sustainability. As …

One thing that is clear about economic development is that sustainable improvements in
productivity come from technical change (Eslake and Walsh 2011). During the period of …

The mining industry's aspirations towards a catchment-based water management approach
have similarities with the concept of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) …

Over the years, truck-shovel operation has been established as the primary hauling
methodused in open pit mines. Since the haulage cost can be as high as 50 percent of the …

An input–output approach is used to identify the impact of the last mining boom (2000–08)
on the cost and prices of mining industry products in four BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia …

The mining industry is one of the main pillars of the Australian economy and it is usually
given credit for preventing Australia from slipping into recession during, and after, the global …

Frontiers in the race to superior productivity Page 1 Title here on 2 lines if needed Human
energy, and its purposeful use, is the key to sustained superior productivity needed to survive …