Emerson's Juan Carlos Bravo of the metals and mining industry team describes the changes occurring in Latin America through Chinese investments. In today's world, we are used to seeing China as the big consumer of global raw materials, with the demand helping to set...
Emerson's Michael Pearson, part of the metals and mining industry team from a Rosemount measurement perspective, shares a story of a Chilean copper producer. This producer needed a way to improve monitoring the flow of raw material inputs in their production process....
Emerson's Dan Nower, a member of the Machinery Health Management team, looks at the impact of changing tax rates on Australian miners. At first look, the 30% tax that the Australian government is about to impose looks bad. In fact, my first thought was, "What is the...
Emerson's Juan Carlos Bravo of the metals and mining industry team looks at the impact copper recycling has on overall global copper demand. I always like to recycle and follow the directions of my local trash collection company in order to contribute to this effort....
Emerson's Juan Carlos Bravo, a member of the metals and mining industry team, recaps need for technical expertise from a presentation at a recent mining industry conference. On April 9th, I attended the EXPOMIN in Santiago, Chile. It is one of the largest mining...
Emerson's Mike McQuade, a member of the Valve Automation business unit, describes the process of storing hydraulic energy for slurry pipeline shutdowns. Slurry pipelines are found in mining operations where ore is mixed with water and pumped from the mining area to...
Emerson's Janine McCormick, Metals and Mining industry manager for the Fisher Valve & Instruments business unit, shares some of the reasons behind gold's price appreciation and how mining companies are reacting. While the golden tickets found in candy bars in...
Emerson's Michael Pearson, a member of the Rosemount measurement business unit, describes how wireless field devices and networks can help end pump and motor downtime in mining applications. Pumps and motors exist in every process environment. Mining is particularly...
Emerson's Juan Carlos Bravo, a member of the metals and mining industry team, describes how rare earth metals may one day no longer be as rare as they currently are. We have written in prior posts how rare earths are essential to our new way of life since they are...
Emerson's Juan Carlos Bravo, a member of the metals and mining industry team, provides an update on coal mining trends. Coal has been used since the 1880s to power the industrial revolution, and some people might argue that it time to be replaced. But in fact, the...
Emerson's Juan Carlos Bravo, a member of the metals and mining industry team, shares his thoughts on the mining boom in Mongolia in today's guest post. As is often said in the real estate industry, the value of a house depends upon 3 factors: location, location, and...
In today's guest post, Emerson's Juan Carlos Bravo, a member of the metals and mining industry team, shares some highlights from the recent 2012 Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration conference. On February 19th, I attended the annual SME (Society of Mining,...
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