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Australia's mining productivity paradox: implications for MFP measurement

Zheng, S.; Bloch, Harry - 2010

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 …

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Office of the Chief Financial Officer Annual Report 2010

Fernandez, Jeffrey - 2011

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

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Economic Predictions for Heat Mining: A Review and Analysis of Hot Dry Rock (HDR) Geothermal Energy Technology

Tester, Jefferson W.; Herzog, Howard J. - 2007

The main objectives of this study were first, to review and analyze several economic assessments of Hot Dry Rock (HDR) geothermal energy systems, and second, to reformulate an economic model for HDR with revised cost components. The economic models reviewed include the following studies...

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Concept for the Intermountain Center for Mining Research and Development

2009

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 …

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Index of harm: a measure for comparing occupational risk across industries

Solomon, K.A.; Abraham, S.C. - 2008

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

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Special Issue On Estimation Of Baselines And Leakage In CarbonMitigation Forestry Projects

Sathaye, Jayant A.; Andrasko, Kenneth - 2009

There is a growing acceptance that the environmentalbenefits of forests extend beyond traditional ecological benefits andinclude the mitigation of climate change. Interest in forestry mitigationactivities has led to the inclusion of forestry practices at the projectlevel in international...

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United States -- Mexican joint ventures: A case history approach

Moore, N.L.; Chidester, R.J.; Hughes, K.R.; Fowler, R.A. - 2008

Because the Mexican government has encouraged investment in Mexico by increasing the percentage of ownership of a Mexican business that a US company can hold, joint ventures are more attractive now than they had been in the past. This study provides preliminary information for US renewable...

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Conservation potential of compact fluorescent lamps in India and Brazil

Gadgil, A.; Martino Jannuzzi, G. de - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP - 2008

We evaluate the conservation potential of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for managing the rapidly increasing electrical energy and peak demand in India and Brazil. Using very conservative assumptions, we find that the cost of conserved energy using 16 W CFLs is 4 and 6 times less than the long...

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Privatization and the globalization of energy markets

2009

mining, are also discussed. Overseas investments made by electric companies, natural gas companies, and coal companies are …

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Putting 'international' back in IPEC.

Veil, J. A. - 2008

During the previous six annual sessions of the International Petroleum Environmental Conference (IPEC), little attention has been given to international issues. Although the US is clearly a leader in oil field research and regulatory development information is available on interesting projects...

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