When you own a share of stock, you are a part owner in the company with a claim -- however small it may be -- on every asset and every penny in earnings.As a company's earnings improve, investors are willing to pay more for the stock.here are thousands of stocks to choose from, so investors usually put stocks into different categories: size, style and sector. Size: A company's size refers to its market capitalization, which is the current share price times the total number of shares outstanding.
Two types of bentonite are generally identified. One is called the swelling type or sodium bentonite, which has single water layer particles containing Na+ as the exchangeable ion. The other has double water layer particles with Ca++ as the exchangeable ion. It is called calcium bentonite or non-swelling type.
Surface Mining Law & Legal Definition. Surface mining is a type of mining in which soil and rock overlying the mineral deposit (the overburden) are removed. It is used when deposits of commercially useful minerals or rock are found near the surface.owever surface mining operations result in disturbances of surface areas that burden and adversely affect commerce and the public welfare by destroying or diminishing the utility of land for commercial, industrial, residential, recreational, agricultural, and forestry purposes.