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- Title: Applied Mining Geology
- Authors: Marat Abzalov
- Publisher: Springer
- Pages: 443
I express my sincere gratitude to the copyright holders of the originals of many figures and tables reproduced in this book for the permission to use them. In particular, I would like to acknowledge the following organisations: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) for permission to reprint in the book the figures and tables earlier published by the book’s author in the AusIMM Monograph 23 (2014) and the proceedings of the AusIMM conferences, including ‘Ore body knowledge and strategic mine planning’ (2004) and ‘Heavy minerals conference’ (2011).
The Applied Earth Science (AES) journal and the publisher Taylor and Francis (www.tandfonline.com) for permission to reprint in the book, a material earlier published by the book’s author in the journal’s several issues, particularly AES (2014) 123/2, AES (2013) 122/1 and AES (2010) 119/3. The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) for permission to reprint some materials published by the book’s author in the issues of Exploration and Mining Geology journal (2009) 18/1–4 and (2008) 17/3–4.
The Mathematical Geology (MG) journal and the publisher Springer for permission to reproduce the description of the LUC technique and reprint the diagrams, published by the book’s author in MG (2006) 38/4. The Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) for permission to reprint the diagrams published in the monograph Underground Mining Methods: Engineering Fundamentals and International Case Studies. The book has benefited from numerous discussions with my friends and colleagues in the mining industry, including geologists and mining engineers of WMC Resources, Rio Tinto, BOSS Resources, BHP Billiton, Newcrest, Harmony, Vale, Jordanian Uranium Mining Company and Anglo Gold Ashanti and also geoscientists from the different universities and research institutes.
I am also grateful to R. Minnitt, R. Reid, S. Masters and anonymous reviewers of Springer for their critical reading of the manuscript and many useful comments. I am in particular indebted to my family, Svetlana, Aygul and Shamil, for their enormous support through all my career.