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100,000 EVs for Hertz by 2022: Piling on Demand for Mined Battery Metals
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Industry Watch at Resource Erectors Q4 2021 And we thought Jeff Bezos’ benchmark order for 100,000 Amazon delivery EVs by 2030 was ambitious? Now, like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, recently bankrupt Hertz has announced that it will buy 100,000 Tesla Model 3 small cars by the end…
Fast Tracking the Mining and Quarry Digital Transition With 5G Private Networks in 2021
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Innovation Watch at Resource Erectors Part 3 At Resource Erectors the 5G rollout has been one both we and the mining industry have been anticipating for years now if not for decades. As far as innovations go, the 5G private network rollout is the tech story of 2021, especially for…
Making US Mining Harder With Proposed Punitive Fees
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“With each new pledge and plan to accelerate renewable energy deployment and build the homegrown electric auto industry of tomorrow, we are financing enormous mineral demand while doing little more than paying lip service to building the industrial base needed to supply it.”- Katie Sweeney-Billings Gazette (more…)
Bulk Material Handling: Staying Ahead of the Curve With Overland Conveyors
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“Advances in overland conveying technology have improved efficiency, reduced capital and operating costs, and made the conveying process more environmentally friendly and sustainable. One important metric that supports this is the cost for transporting material, which is $2 – $3 less per ton using overland conveying compared to trucking,…
The Hydrogen Economy is Here: How Will it Affect Industries Across the Board?
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In a Resource Erectors blog last May we featured the showdown between lithium lothario Elon Musk and Australia’s mining and energy icon, billionaire Andrew Forrest. In that case the billionaire standoff centered on hydrogen “blue gas” as a much more plentiful fuel for powering the proposed all-electric fleets for…
Technology Advancements in the Aggregate Industry
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“It would be wonderful if you could make your plant maintenance-free. You can’t. But cone crushers, screens, conveyors, everything involved is more maintenance-free.”- Aggregate Specialist DAN JOHNSON- Interview at Pit and Quarry Crushing, Conveying, and Screening Goes High Tech Technology solutions for the aggregates industry are providing more actionable…
