This paper investigates the mining industry's poor productivity performance as measured by the conventional multifactor … productivity (MFP) index during the recent mining boom in Australia. We derive a relationship between the measured and 'true' MFP … average MFP growth in Australian mining based on the dual measure of technical change is nearly 2% over the sample period 1974 …

to easily extract data; the field has little confidence in data; people spend more time mining data than analyzing data …

The Intermountain Center for Mining Research and Development (ICMRD) was established with the Idaho National Laboratory … (INL) as the cornerstone, and with regional universities, mining schools, and the Western mining industry as full members …. In aggregate, the members provide the strong mining research and development capabilities and knowledge that are …

fatality rates by showing the riskiest industries to be mining; agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; construction …

This paper examines Australian media representations of the male managers of two global mining corporations, Rio Tinto … the world's largest mining company. In terms of its profits and assets Rio Tinto ranks fourth in the world, but with …

to evaluate a select number of companies in the mining sector with whom CI has worked for several years to determine how … conservation results. Research methods included a review of scholarly literature, comparative company research of four mining …

production-aid water power. Boise, (AP)-With a federal loan to aid Idaho mining its goal, a state committee began drafting plans … for an application to the RFC for an $11,000,000 loan to put silver and gold mining enterprises in operation. The …