Mining For over centuries, fossil fuels and minerals, which are unrenewable resources and took millions of year to produce under pressure, have played an important roles as raw materials to create human supplies such as: transports, building houses, technology and up to Medicine. However, as the world population is expanding every year, people has depleting an excessive amount of it to satisfied their demands without concerning the impact of their behaviors on the environment. Mining
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James Marshall was a talented woodworker prepared by his dad. He was building a sawmill for California land engineer John Sutter in Coloma Valley close Sacramento when he watched something sparkling in the new millrace that had been permitted to stream overnight. He depicted the piece as "a large portion of the size and state of a pea." Examining the chunk, he shouted to his workers, "Boys, by God, I believe I have found a gold mine." The effect of Marshall's find that evening at Sutter's Mill
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Junior Walk, a 27-year-old from Eunice, West Virginia, a small community in the Coal River Valley, does not approve of coal mining and its negative effects. Junior will stop at nothing to end coal mining and all of its problems for new clean renewable resources. Junior uses his drone and hovers it over the mining area to try to find violations. When Junior does find violations “ he anonymously submits evidence of those violations to West Virginia's Department of Environmental Protection in the
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The company had to send sympathetic messages to the families, had to inform them about the efforts was made to save their loved ones. On August 5, 2010, a small copper mine in northern Chile collapsed trapping inside of it 33 miners. The mining company Minera San Esteban Primera, had to take on the very difficult task of informing families, workers within the company, and media about this fatal accident. These miners were trapped some 300 meters underground, they had limited oxygen
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Knowing Your Audience and Communication Release Patricia Brooks BCOM/275 Date Melinda Maldonado Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release Knowing the audience and using the right communication release is vital in any catastrophe. For example, the Chilean copper mine disaster in South America, which left 33 miners trapped 300 feet underground fighting for their lives. Chilean miners had limited water, food, oxygen, and the chance for survival was slim. Fortunately, in this
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How does the owner of the miner prepare to notify the families of the trapped miners? As a mining company one would expect that part of the Emergency Action Plan would cover a situation such as a cave in, the emergency action plan would cover needs to be done, step by step, while no one is really ready for such an emergency, routine practice, and drills. The conduct of such exercise would help the mining company identified, safety concern, procedures for notification, and prepare those that work
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Chilean Mine Collapse when handling a tragic event such as this there are many things to take into consideration. There are going to be many different people that ar We going to be affected by this catastrophe. First and foremost is the family of the employees that are trapped in the mine. There biggest concern would be to know that their loved ones are ok and are going to be rescued. In a case like this you would want to give the family a positive message and reassure them that the company
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global mining companies such as Rio Tinto to confront a retrogressive market with falling industrial commodity prices and increasing costs. The future of Australia's mining boom which is largely dependent on Chinese demand for commodities driven by its economic growth is of particular concern (Stewart 2012). Application of Concepts Both economic environment and the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be demonstrated in this article. In particular, the nature of BHP's mining business
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Copiapo, Chile – August 5, 2010 - Owned and operated by Minera San Esteban, a portion of San Jose mine collapsed trapping 33 workers underground and their conditions are unknown. Rescue efforts are being coordinated with the office of the Minister of Mining and we should cooperate with their efforts as directed by management. The company has every confidence in the miner’s training, ventilation systems and the collaborative rescue efforts. The cause of the collapse will be determined after the rescue
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support for the grieving families. • What would be the potential needs of the company’s employees when receiving a message about this incident? Miners would want to know that are safe measures the company has and still striving to operate in the mining industry without no job loss. Miners need to see that Minera San Esteban Primera Company is reaching out and caring for their own employees and their families, efforts are being made to save the miners. • What actions must you take before and
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