MNG 230 Final PSU Study Guide Test.

MNG 230 Final PSU Study Guide Test. Zeolite - CORRECT ANSWER Water purification Vermiculite - CORRECT ANSWER Horticulture Rare earth elements - CORRECT ANSWER computers Trona - CORRECT ANSWER Glass Granite - CORRECT ANSWER countertops Phosphate - CORRECT ANSWER crop fertilizers Sand - CORRECT ANSWER concrete Titanium - CORRECT ANSWER sports equipment potash - CORRECT ANSWER crop fertilizers Aluminum - CORRECT ANSWER beverage cans Clay - CORRECT ANSWER concrete Iron - CORRECT ANSWER steel Limestone - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Concrete 2) used in plastic tape Mining - CORRECT ANSWER 15% of the U.S economy made up of 13,000 mines 85 minerals $2.5 trillion Industrial Minerals - CORRECT ANSWER Crushed stone Gypsum Feldspar Salt Pumice Clay Talc Phosphate Molybdenum Metals - CORRECT ANSWER Aluminum Copper Zinc Lead Gold Fuel - CORRECT ANSWER Coal uranium Aggregates - CORRECT ANSWER Sand gravel Companies with similar interests often band together through organizations known as: - CORRECT ANSWER Trade associations Do trade associations ever communicate with federal or state regulatory agencies? - CORRECT ANSWER Yes because How is Congress involved in mining? - CORRECT ANSWER Congress creates and passes laws that affect mining companies' operations and enforce those laws via regulatory agencies. One of these key federal agencies --- MSHA, EPA, NIOSH --- has at least one inspector at each minig operation every single day. - CORRECT ANSWER MSHA Which of these three key federal agencies (MSHA, EPA, NIOSH) has no enforcement authority? - CORRECT ANSWER NIOSH Name three of the key federal agencies that regulate the mining industry: - CORRECT ANSWER Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)