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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 
ALTHOUGH this edition is again basically intended to satisfy the needs of 
students in the minerals industry, it is also intended to provide practising 
engineers with a valuable source of reference. In this respect the 
bibliography has been considerably expanded and updated to include 
the latest published works. The text has been extended considerably to 
cover important subject areas more fully, and, where appropriate, 
worked examples have been added. Two appendices have been added 
for reference purposes. 
I would like to thank the many people who have provided useful 
criticism regarding the first edition, which has been valuable in the 
preparation of this edition. Particularly, thanks are due to Mr. R. H. 
Parker, Vice-Principal of the Camborne School of Mines, Mr. F . B. 
Michell, formerly Vice-Principal and Head of Mineral Processing at the 
CSM, and Mr. R. S. Shoemaker, Metallurgical Manager of Bechtel Inc., 
San Francisco. I would also like to thank Prof. R. P. King, of the 
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, for many useful 
discussions. 
Camborne, Cornwall B. A . WILLS 
18 September 1980 
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