The global need for nickel, cobalt, platinum group metals, zinc, iron ore, ilmenite, gold, lithium, vanadium, and rare earth metals is balanced by the need to mine these metals with public opinion in mine's region. Emerson's Janine McCormick shares her interest and...
Emerson's Juan Carlos Bravo, a member of the metals and mining industry team, highlights the challenges in open pit mining and need to explore ever deeper. More and more we hear how the trend on mining is to go underground. More recently, the Wall Street Journal...
How does the announcement of the Tesla Motors Model S impact the metals and mining industry? Emerson's Juan Carlos Bravo ties it all together in today's guest post. Last week Tesla Motors announced the production of its anticipated Model S. As many of us know, Tesla...
After a week of vacation being almost totally off the grid, it's great to get back in the saddle. In today's guest post, Emerson's Juan Carlos Bravo of the metals & mining industry team provides perspectives on the availability of key minerals here on Earth. You...
In today's guest post, Emerson's Mike McQuade shares how a mining pipeline valve application with huge torque demands necessitated a new valve actuator design to meet the challenge. Three miles above sea level in the mountains of central Peru is the Toromocho...
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...
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