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  • Cleaning up Mining and Metal Operations

    Jim Cahill
    An industry commitment and new technologies are contributing to cleaner metals and mining operations. Emerson’s Michael Pearson, a member of the Rosemount Measurement team and metals and mining industry team, shares examples of the progress being made...

  • Moon and Asteroid Mining

    Jim Cahill
    In an earlier post, we highlighted mining companies exploring the depths of the ocean for metals and minerals. In today’s guest post, Emerson’s Dan Nower, a member of the machinery health and metals and mining industry team shares the efforts of some...

  • Balancing Benefits and Public Opinion in Quebec Plan Nord Mining Project

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Open Pit Mining and the Need to go Deeper

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Car Manufacturing Building Aluminum Business

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Still Plenty of Mining Resources Here on Earth

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Mining Applications Require New, More Powerful Actuator Designs

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • China-Mining Resource Consumer to Investor

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Chilean Copper Producer Need for Improved Raw Material Flow Measurement

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Australian Mineral Rent Resource Tax

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Copper Recycling Growing but Not Slowing Down Mining

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Attracting the Next Generation of Miners

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Helping to Ensure Slurry Pipeline Shutdown in Emergency Situations

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • I’ve Got a Golden Ticket

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Ending Pump and Motor Unplanned Downtime

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Limiting Rare Earths Promote Substitution and Alternative Supplies

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Trends in Mining-Coal Still Strong

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Mongolia’s Mining Boom-Location Location Location

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Bigger, Faster and More Difficult Mining Projects

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Rotary Vane Actuators in Slurry Mining Applications

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Mining Demand: Can It Last?

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Controlling Variable Thickness in Rolled Steel Cooling System Applications

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Achieving Potash-stic Results

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • The Mining and Metals Industry is in Overdrive but is Equipment Keeping Up?

    Jim Cahill
    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...

  • Copper Production Outlook from Leader’s Perspective

    Jim Cahill
    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...

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