Background: Improving operational efficiency in the mining industry increasingly de-pends on a mature asset management framework and the careful selection of reliable, sustainable suppliers for systems, personnel, equipment, and services. Given the complexity of mining operations and the growing...

Investing in the stock market has always been an exciting topic for people. Many specialists have tried to develop tools to predict future stock prices in order to make high profits and avoid big losses. However, predicting prices based on the dynamic characteristics of stocks seems to be a...

A large body of literature demonstrates that exposure to major adverse events such as natural disasters affects physical and mental health. Less is known about health consequences of long- term exposure to smaller, recurring shocks such as mining-induced earthquakes. Leveraging data from the...