A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
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The March 1970 edition of E&MJ exclaimed, That 1969 was a year. In outer space, man first set foot on the moon. In New York, the Miracle Mets won the World Series. And in its own way the mining industry was in tune with these amazing times. There still didn't seem to be enough copper to satisfy demand and the administration in Washington appointed a special subcommittee to investigate copper marketing and determine why there was a big discrepancy between US and foreign prices. A protracted Canadian strike had forced nickel prices to highs of $7/lb. The Free World consumption of primary and secondary lead hit a record high, almost 200,000 tons over the previous year. The anti-pollution challenge was everywhere. In Arizona, the press waged a daily crusade against the state's eight copper smelters. Construction of nuclear plants was curtailed due to public fear of contamination.
The March 1970 edition of E&MJ exclaimed, That 1969 was a year. In outer space, man first set foot on the moon. In New York, the Miracle Mets won the World Series. And in its own way the mining industry was in tune with these amazing times. There still didn't seem to be enough copper to satisfy demand and the administration in Washington appointed a special subcommittee to investigate copper marketing and determine why there was a big discrepancy between US and foreign prices. A protracted Canadian strike had forced nickel prices to highs of $7/lb. The Free World consumption of primary and secondary lead hit a record high, almost 200,000 tons over the previous year. The anti-pollution challenge was everywhere. In Arizona, the press waged a daily crusade against the state's eight copper smelters. Construction of nuclear plants was curtailed due to public fear of contamination.
The 1970s: The Great Mining Buildout
Steve Fiscor (author)
2016
Article (Journal)
English
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| Online Contents | 2007
| Wiley | 1971
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 2010