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,...
In today's guest post, Emerson's Mike McQuade describes slurry-mining applications where rotary vane actuators are well suited. In a slurry-type mining application, the ore is ground up into fine particles and mixed with water, so that the mixture can now be pumped...
In today's guest post, Emerson's Dan Nower, a member of the Asset Optimization and metals & mining industry team, recaps a recent mining forum to highlight the challenges in growing global supply to meet demand. Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the Mining...
In today's guest post, Emerson's Eric Kuebler, a metals & mining industry manager on the Fisher valve team, describes how a steel mill solved the challenge to produce steel sheets of varying thickness and receive ongoing operational savings. Water is used...
In today's guest post, Emerson's Michael Pearson of the Rosemount measurement team highlights the changing economic conditions for potash producers and how flexible mining operations are important to ongoing success. Potash. Ask the average person what it is and they...
In today's guest post, Emerson's Amy Davidson, a member of the Asset Optimization team, describes how metals and mining producers can improve reliability by continuously monitoring the health of their production equipment. As a product manager, it's my job to talk to...
Today's guest blogger, Emerson's Juan Carlos Bravo, a member of the metals & mining industry team, summarizes the outlook for the copper mining industry as we enter this new year of 2012. On November 30th, I attended to the monthly breakfast hosted by...
I've been in the process automation business for a long time and met many really great folks. One of them, Fluor Canada's Steve Priest, I got to know long ago from his days with Emerson local business partner, Norpac Controls. Steve is now with Fluor Canada and was...
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