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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The San Cristobal mine in Lipez, Potos Department, Bolivia is a mine being developed by Apex Silver Mines Limited of Denver, Colorado and is said to be rich in silver, zinc, and lead. The mine has been in various stages of development since the early 1980s but only recently has significant operations been undertaken at the site. Work is hard. A miner works 12 hour shifts from 7 in the morning to 7 at night. He works continuously for three months with not one day off and is then entitled to 2 weeks leave. Not known if this is paid or unpaid leave. The monthly wage while working is 2000 bolivianos (equivalent to 200 a month or 50 a week). Apex Silver owns 65% of the San Cristobal project along with Sumitomo Corporation of Japan at 35%. San Cristobal property is considered to be one of the worlds largest silver-zinc-lead development projects. It is located in southwestern Bolivia and hosts approximately 450 million ounces of silver and 8 billion pounds of zinc and 3 billion pounds of lead contained in 231 million tonnes of open-pittable proven and probable reserves. As the ore body is open both at depth and laterally, reserve expansion potential is considered excellent. The San Cristobal mine faces some controversy with the Bolivian government due to Bolivian President Evo Morales's desire to nationalize, at least in all but name, the mining industry in Bolivia. Previously the oil and natural gas industry was nationalized and Bolivian troops seized the fields; initially the nationalization took shape in the form of increased taxes for profits in this industry - from 50% to 83%. There has been great fear that next would be the mining industry. However on May 1, 2007 President Morales signed Presidential Decree 29117 that assured all mining c... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=13683076


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157868835
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 78
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Weight: 127 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157868835
  • Publisher Date: 10 Jun 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: San Cristbal - Lipez
  • Width: 229 mm


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