This book is available either as a set or by individual volumes. Select prefered Format on the right-hand side of this page.

Volume 1: The Business of Mining: The Mining Business, Uncertainty, Project Variables and Risk, Royalty Agreements, Pricing and Contract Systems, and Accounting for the Extractive Industry: This first volume presents an overview of the mining business, followed by an analysis of project variables and risk, an overall coverage of the royalty agreements, pricing and contract systems followed by a final chapter on accounting standards and practices for the minerals industry.

Volume 2: The Business of Mining: Project Evaluation: This second volume discusses, in some depth, alternative means of assessing the economic viability of mining projects based on the best estimate of the recoverable mineral and/or fossil fuel reserves.

Volume 3: Mineral Deposits, Exploration and Ore-Reserve Estimation: This third volume commences with “Our Earth, Its Minerals and Ore Bodies” followed by a review of mineral exploration and sampling of mineral deposits. It continues with detailed sections covering the reporting of mineral resources and reserves in Australia, then concludes with the basic principles and application of the various methods of estimating the in-situ mineral resources and ore reserves