We've seen swings in the commodity markets in recent weeks. Emerson's Alan Novak, leader of the alternative energy and metals & mining industry team, looks at global copper mining developments. As highlighted in a recent Wall Street Journal article, Copper Recedes...
Emerson's Douglas Morris, on the metals & mining and alternative energy industry teams, explores trade offs of trucks and conveyors in mining operations. This past week Vale SA from Brazil made an interesting announcement when they said they were investing $20...
Emerson's Juan Carlos Bravo of the metals and mining industry team describe what the industry is doing to attract the next generation of professionals. I attended the annual conference of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) in Denver, Colorado...
Emerson's Douglas Morris of the alternative energy and metals & mining team notes the growing role technology and services play in making mining operations more efficient. There aren't many days that pass without an article that addresses the ever-changing global...
Emerson's Juan Carlos Bravo of the metals and mining industry team looks at what the Chinese year of the snake may have in store for the mining industry. According to Chinese Zodiac, on February 10 we are starting a new lunar year—the year of the snake. But, this is a...
Location and distance between suppliers and users plays a large role in industries such as metals and mining. Emerson's Alan Novak, leader of the alternative energy and metals & mining industry teams, shares his analysis on the global iron ore market. Brazil is...
Emerson's Douglas Morris looks at China's growing interest in the acquisition of gold producing mines throughout the world. China’s interest in acquiring gold assets seems to be continuing as China National Gold recently looked at purchasing 74 percent of Barrick...
The changing global economy is impacting the demand for steel. Emerson's Juan Carlos Bravo, a member of the metals and mining industry team, highlights the challenges steel producers currently face. Last week in our blog post, China and its impact in iron ore prices...
Infrastructure spending rates have an impact on the raw materials prices that go into these projects. Emerson's Alan Novak, leader of the alternative energy and metals and mining industry teams, highlights the relationship between government infrastructure spending in...
In a prior post, Mongolia's Mining Boom-Location Location Location, we highlighted how Mongolia's proximity to China along with China's demand for raw materials had led to a boom in mining projects and the need for process automation expertise. Emerson's Douglas...
Seeing a pit crew in action at a Formula One race is seeing optimized maintenance in action. Emerson's Juan Carlos Bravo, a member of the metals and mining industry team, highlights an Automining Conference presentation comparing these pit crews to how mining...
Last week members of the Emerson metals and mining industry team were at the National Mining Association's MINExpo 2012. At this event, two Emerson news items were shared, Emerson broadens online machinery monitoring to identify vibration issues on P&H mining...
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