New Challenges and Visions for Mining: Selected papers from the 21st World Mining Congress and Expo, Cracow (Congress) and Katowice, Poland, 7-11 September 2008

'New Challenges and Visions for Mining' contains selected papers from the 21st World Mining Congress & Expo (Kraków and Katowice, Poland, 7-11 September 2008), and will be invaluable to academics, professionals and engineers working in mining and rock mechanics.