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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. 
Mitchell, 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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