On the role of deterioration of structures in their performance; with a focus on mining industry equipment and structures

2010 ◽  
Vol 61 (10) ◽  
pp. 885-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Javaherdashti ◽  
H. Nikraz
Keyword(s):  
Mining Industry

Ensuring Safety of Industrial Cargo by Rail Transportation at the Mining Enterprises

2021 ◽  
pp. 56-62
Author(s):  
V.V. Kupriyanov ◽  
◽  
I.S. Bondarenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Filtering ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Rail Transportation ◽  
Railway Transport ◽  
Control Factors ◽  
Detailed Assessment ◽  
Personnel Safety

The common problem was studied concerning the personnel safety and the operation of railway transport during industrial cargo transportation. Statistical and technical analysis were conducted related to the conditions and reasons of railway accidents caused by various hazardous factors and occurred over the past 15 years in the mining industry of Russia. The study based on natural, technical, and organizational factors showed that there is a steady tendency towards the preservation of the number of accidents such as train collisions, fires, and derailments. Despite the measures taken, such accidents do occur resulting in fatal accidents. The situation is explained by the fact that safety of rail transport is conditioned by the factors that can be divided into difficult-to-control and complex (coordinated by action). The differences between complex factors caused by the railway technology and difficult-to-control factors, which include natural factors or their combination with the stimulated factors are studied in the article. Study of the evidence including the details of the development of fires and derailments of trains from the rails, the consequences of such accidents and conclusions about their causes shows that the additional calculations and classification of the difficult-to-control factors in combination with other causes allow to give a more detailed assessment of the nature of difficult-to-control factors and the interrelationship between them. Through this it becomes possible to detect the maximum number of violations. It is concluded that improving railway safety is possible only with a differentiated approach to the role of each group of factors including difficult-to-control factors, and the ability of personnel to influence the occurrence and development of accidents. The time characteristics of railway accidents are considered. The idea of automated information filtering of clogged messages in the analysis of accidents is formulated.

scholarly journals How Miners and Other Professional Groups Perceive the Benefits and Risks of Hard Coal Mining: A Study on the Role of the Affect Heuristic

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Zielonka ◽  
Wojciech Białaszek ◽  
Bartłomiej Dzik ◽  
Katarzyna Wybrańczyk
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Hard Coal ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Information Campaigns ◽  
Professional Groups ◽  
Affect Heuristic ◽  
Hard Coal Mining

The problems that are inherent in the green shift of the energy sectors are particularly visible in countries where the hard coal mining industry plays an important role in the economy and society. For any transition to be successful, public support is crucial. This empirical study shows that – as a consequence of the affect heuristic – those who perceive hard coal mining as beneficial tend to minimize both its detrimental environmental impacts and its personal safety hazards. Ignoring the affect heuristic may have retarded transformations and led to a failure of many information campaigns.

Commemorating the Soviet Deportations of 1945 and Community-Building in Post-communist Upper Silesia

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
EWA OCHMAN
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Regional Identity ◽  
Upper Silesia ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Collapse Of Communism ◽  
Post War ◽  
Separatist Movement ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis article focuses on the remembrance of the deportations of Silesians to the Soviet Union in 1945, undertaken in Upper Silesia, Poland, after the collapse of communism. It explores the relationship between local elite-sponsored official remembrance of the deportations and the formation of regional identity in the context of the Upper Silesia's borderland locality and the post-war population movement. The article also investigates the role of public commemorations of the Silesian past in the construction of a Silesian national identity undertaken by the Silesian separatist movement that gained in popularity against the backdrop of the post-1989 de-industrialisation of the region, Poland's most important centre for coal mining industry.

Article 82 of the LOS Convention—Revenue Sharing—The Mining Industry's Perspective

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Mingay
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Revenue Sharing ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Individual Effect ◽  
Outer Continental Shelf ◽  
Significant Interest

AbstractThe paper will provide an overview of Article 82 LOSC and look at the philosophy and intention behind Article 82's revenue sharing provisions in relation to resources exploited on the outer continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles. A brief examination will follow of whether the realities faced at the time of drafting are the same as those faced today. The provisions of Article 82 have yet to be successfully implemented and it seems likely that more work will be required in refining certain aspects of the Article before they can be. Any such refinements are likely to be of significant interest to the mining industry as the theory behind the Article gives way to its practical implementation. The term mining industry covers a range of interests from oil and gas to mineral and metal deposits. Clearly, the economies of scale will be different for each of these interests as will the margins within which they operate. This is likely to have quite an individual effect on the desirability of Article 82 revenue sharing within the industry. Most likely as a consequence of Article 82 not yet having an effect, in addition to the relative costliness of deep water exploration, the mining industry has not widely publicised its view on the implications for the industry of Article 82. Notwithstanding this, there are concerns and factors that will be relevant to the industry as a whole. A look at some of the specific incentives and disincentives that Article 82 brings for the mining industry, in addition to the role of technology in the revenue sharing equation are some of the further issues which will be addressed.

scholarly journals Job and personal resources as mediators in the relationship between iron-ore mineworkers’ job demands and work engagement

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Kotzé ◽  
Petrus Nel
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Iron Ore ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Job Resources ◽  
Personal Resources ◽  
The Relationship

Orientation: Mining companies are major sources of employment in South Africa. Withstanding the challenges that the mining industry faces, maintaining work engagement of employees is essential to success in this context.Research purpose: To investigate the mediating effect of job and personal resources (in parallel and serial) in the relationship between the job demands and work engagement of employees at two iron-ore mines in a remote South African locale.Motivation for the study: Most South African research on work engagement in the mining industry focuses on the role of job resources. There is a lack of research investigating the influence of both job and personal resources in the relationship between job demands and mineworkers’ work engagement.Research approach/design and method: Data were collected using questionnaires from 238 employees working for two open-pit iron-ore mines. Three mediating relationships were investigated using variance-based structural equation modelling.Main findings: The results indicate that job and personal resources (in parallel) partially mediated the relationship between job demands and work engagement, with personal resources having a stronger effect than job resources. In addition, job and personal resources (in serial) partially mediated the relationship between job demands and work engagement but not as strongly as personal resources (in parallel).Practical/managerial implications: Despite job demands, mineworkers’ work engagement can be increased by investing in interventions and a work environment that enhances job and personal resources (such as mindfulness and psychological capital).Contribution/value add: The study bridges a specific gap in the literature by exploring the role of both job and personal resources (i.e., mindfulness and psychological capital) in the relationship between mineworkers’ job demands and work engagement. No previous studies explored these variables in combination in the South African mining industry.

scholarly journals Environmental Performance and Firm Value: Testing the Role of Firm Reputation

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Khanifah Khanifah ◽  
Jaka Isgiyarta ◽  
Fitri Alfiana ◽  
Udin Udin
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Firm Reputation ◽  
Industry Sectors ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to analyze the empirical evidence about the effect of environmental performance on firm value mediated by firm reputation. The sample of this study is the mining industry sectors listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2015 to 2018. The data is analyzed using partial least squares based structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) with WarpPLS 6.0 software. The results show that environmental performance has a positive and significant effect on firm reputation. In contrast to the expectation, environmental performance has a negative and significant effect on firm value. Firm reputation further becomes a significant mediator in the relationship between environmental performance and firm value. These findings recommend for future studies to expand the objects and extend the observation period.

scholarly journals Organization of Training HR-Specialists of Coal Mining Enterprises

2019 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 04014
Author(s):  
Valeriy Bobrikov ◽  
Nikita Ravochkin ◽  
Marina Gorbacheva ◽  
Ammar Jamous
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Coal Mining ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Customer Requirements ◽  
Coal Mining Industry ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Recommendations

Based on trends in the socio-economic sphere of public life, in particular the education sector, and taking into account the specifics of the Russian coal mining industry enterprises, in this article the authors address the problem of the organization of training of the coal mining industry HR specialists. The role of these workers in coal mining enterprises is shown in the study. The impact of globalization, which has led to the obsolescence of knowledge and doesn’t guarantee the constancy of the work being done, even within the same industry, is noted. Views on investment in the development of human resources of an enterprise are analyzed. Based on the use of their own methods, the authors give a vision of the profile of an HR specialist of coal mining enterprises. A critical analysis of the organization of training of HR specialists, depending on customer requirements, is presented. In conclusion, the work gives practical recommendations on the organization of HR specialists training.

scholarly journals A Norwegian pillar in Svalbard: the development of the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)

Polar Record ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ole A. Misund ◽  
Dag W. Aksnes ◽  
Hanne H. Christiansen ◽  
Thor B. Arlov
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Academic Production ◽  
Science And Education ◽  
Student Graduation ◽  
Future Potential ◽  
The University

ABSTRACTThe University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) is a unique institution with a history that is closely related to Norwegian policy regarding Svalbard, and to clever development of a highly specialised Arctic university institution by all the Norwegian universities. In practical terms, Norwegian sovereignty on the archipelago as confirmed by the Treaty of Svalbard of 1920 and regulated by the Svalbard Law of 1925, is maintained by the presence of Norwegian civil authorities and communities. Today, the “capital” Longyearbyen with its 2100 inhabitants is a modern hub for industry, education, research, logistics and tourism. Founded in 1993, UNIS has become a main contributor to this community, generating some 20% of the total economic activity. A prime motivation for establishing UNIS was to provide a supplement and alternative to the unprofitable, heavily subsidized coal mining industry, by using the location for research based education. In 2015, the mining company Store Norske Spitsbergen Kullkompani (SNSK) met with deep crisis again and significantly downscaled its coal production and work force. Thus, UNIS may play an even more important role as a cornerstone of the local community in the future. This paper discusses the establishment and development of UNIS, its organisation, capacity, and academic production in terms of student graduation and its scientific output, just as its future potential for growth is evaluated. Finally, we discuss the increasingly important role of science and education in Norwegian Svalbard policy.

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