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Getting the Gold Out of the Ground

Social Constraints on Technical Capacity in South African Deep-Level Mining

Bibliographic Data

ID4301230
AuthorsT Dunbar Moodie
Year2015
Volume28
Issue4
Pages572-594
Publication date2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Historical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0952-1909 • E-ISSN: 1467-6443
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/johs.12073
OpenAlexW1558906591
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

This paper examines the limits and pressures imposed on South African deep-level mining technology by changing economic and socio-political constraints that have obliged mining engineers to adapt their practices of "getting gold out of the ground." Initially employing straight-forward arguments about the importance of means for achieving ends, the paper eventually raises questions that complicate our understanding of practices that underlie simple conceptions of mining technology

Data science · Epistemology · Gold mining · Mining engineering · Political science · Politics · Simple (philosophy · Chemistry · Computer Science · Engineering · Mining and Resource Management · Mining Techniques and Economics · South African History and Culture · Law

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Unique citing works1
Citations per year0,11
Citation span2017 - 2017 (1)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 1
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