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Looks at the social nature of natural resources, in this case the tin industry in Malaysia. The British introduced commercial tin production to Malaysia in the 19th century, but even though other industries...
Detailed exploration gives the mining engineers at Pine Point an accurate model of ore before extraction. The programme shows the complex planning and subsequent operations required to eficiently mine the...
Starts by showing how ores are extracted from an underground mine in Cornwall and looks at the variety of minerals found in these ores. Then looks at ways of separating minerals from mined ore using...
Explains the rise of the brass bands, for example the Black Dyke Mills Band, in industrial Victorian Britain. Discusses the relationship between the workers who played in the band and the employers who...
Shows the erection, commissioning and first steps of the Middle East’s largest walking dragline - a Ransomes & Rapier W2000. The 1783-ton machine is being used to remove overburden for the Jordan Phosphate...
Cinema Action documentary filmed over five years showing the impact on one family living in a South Wales valley community of developments in the national and global political economy which result in local...
In Cumbria, near Alston, a small drift mine was licensed from the Coal Board and worked by seven men, who had given up a variety of better paid jobs in exchange for a more independent working life. Burrowed...
Shows the Dinorwic slate quarry, Llanberis, North Wales, and the men and crafts associated with it and its workshops. Retired men returned to Dinorwic to demonstrate their skills for the camera. A quarryman...
The British steel industry in action. Commencing with open cast mining of iron ore, shows each stage of the main manufacturing processes that are required to produce steel for industry as sheet, rod, billet,...
Atmospheres containing insufficient oxygen to support life are sometimes found in mines and other industrial environments. Such atmospheres can be detected by small oxygen-deficiency monitors developed at...
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