Рассмотрены современное состояние и тенденции развития горнодобывающих отраслей промышленности в странах мира. Даны оценка минерально-сырьевой базы и анализ мирового рынка потребления минерального сырья. Описаны уникальные технологии разработки месторождений твердых полезных ископаемых. Приведены исторические факты создания и современные направления развития горной техники. Изложены новые научные подходы и мировой практический опыт природоохранной деятельности. Предоставлены современные методы выбора горного оборудования.
Для специалистов в области горного дела, преподавателей и студентов профильных вузов, а также широкого круга читателей, интересующихся вопросами освоения недр.

Stochastic simulation has been suggested as a viable method for characterizing the uncertainty associated with the prediction of a nonlinear function of a spatially-varying parameter. Geostatistical simulation algorithms generate realizations of a random field with specified statistical and geostatistical properties. A nonlinear function (called a transfer function) is evaluated over each realization to obtain an uncertainty distribution of a system response that reflects the spatial variability and uncertainty in the parameter. Crucial management decisions, such as potential regulatory compliance of proposed nuclear waste facilities and optimal allocation of resources in environment al remediation, are based on the resulting system response uncertainty distribution. <...>

Since publication of the first volume of Stochastic Modeling and Geostatistics in 1994, there has been an explosion of interest and activity in geostatistical methods and spatial stochastic modeling techniques. Many of the computational algorithms and methodological approaches that were available then have greatly matured, and new, even better ones have come to the forefront. Advances in computing and increased focus on software commercialization have resulted in improved access to, and usability of, the available tools and techniques. Against this backdrop, Stochastic Modeling and Geostatistics Volume II provides a much-needed update on this important technology. As in the case of the first volume, it largely focuses on applications and case studies from the petroleum and related fields, but it also contains an appropriate mix of the theory and methods developed throughout the past decade. Geologists, petroleum engineers, and other individuals working in the earth and environmental sciences will find Stochastic Modeling and Geostatistics Volume II to be an important addition to their technical information resources.

Сборник посвящен 90-летию со дня рождения одного из ведущих и ярких представителей Уральской школы отечественной горной науки, Советника Российской академии наук, члена-корреспондента Российской академии наук, действительного члена Академии наук Республики Саха (Якутия), члена Академии горных наук РФ, заслуженного деятеля науки Республики Саха (Якутия), лауреата премии РАН им. Н.В. Мельникова и премии УрО РАН им. Л.Д. Шевякова, Уральской горной премии, профессора, доктора технических наук.

Сборник содержит материалы, представленные на третьем всероссийском совещании "Меловая система России и ближнего зарубежья: проблемы стратиграфии и палеогеографии", посвященном 90-летию В.В. Друшица и 50-летию Постоянной комиссии по стратиграфии меловой системы Межведомственного стратиграфического комитета России.

The objective of this paper is to show how well known the structure is for a particular uranium deposit. After presenting the average vertical variogram for all the holes, some of the individual variograms will be studied and we will show the influence of a few very rich holes on the overall variogram. This turns out to be poorly defined. The first order variogram, which also has been considered, is curiously similar to the usual variogram, whereas the structure of the translated logarithm proves to be better known. <...>

The Second European Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Applications took place in Valencia, November 18-20, 1998. Two years have past from the first meeting in Lisbon and the geostatistical community has kept active in the environmental field. In these days of congress inflation, we feel that continuity can only be achieved by ensuring quality in the papers. For this reason, all papers in the book have been reviewed by, at least, two referees, and care has been taken to ensure that the reviewer comments have been incorporated in the final version of the manuscript. We are thankful to the members of the scientific committee for their timely review of the scripts. All in all, there are three keynote papers from experts in soil science, climatology and ecology and 43 contributed papers providing a good indication of the status of geostatistics as applied in the environmental field all over the world. We feel now confident that the geoENV conference series, seeded around a coffee table almost six years ago, will march firmly into the next century. <...>

Many geostatistical variables have sample distributions that are highly positively skewed. Because of this, significant deskewing of the histogram and reduction of variance occurs when going from sample to block support, where blocks are of larger volume than samples. When making estimates in both mining and non-mining applications we often wish to map the spatial distribution on the basis of block support rather than sample support.

Конторович А. Э. А.А.Трофимук – великий ученый, организатор науки и гражданин
Каширцев В.А. Органическая геохимия каустобиолитов
Конторович А.Э., Каширцев В.А., Москвин В.И. Нефти озера Байкал
Шварцев С. Л. Гидрогеохимические механизмы смены одного вторичного минерала другим в ходе эволюции системы вода - порода
Секция 1. Стратиграфия, литология, тектоника и экология
Шамбазов М.Д., Миргородский В.Н., Чернышева Н.А. Основные подходы к разработке комплексных программ по использованию попутного нефтяного газа для нефтедобывающих предприятий

On behalf of the committee l welcome you to the 12th International Mine Geology Conference in Brisbane, Queensland.
What we have all seen over the last few years is that interaction on a face-to-face basis has dramatically shifted, and we welcome the changes that we have introduced this year. The conference has always been focused on the improvements in technologies and impacts on the mining chain with this year being no exception. <...>