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Is Atlas Shrugging in 2022? The US Industrial Complex Under Fire: Part 1

August 30, 2022

Ayn Rand’s landmark novel, Atlas Shrugged is a favorite with philosophers and libertarians alike. But at 1,168 pages Rand’s thesis/manifesto/novel is perhaps not so fondly recalled by those who found it on the required reading list. Engineers, plant managers, and especially heavy industry CEOs enduring turbulent 2022 just might…

green energy, Insider, lithium mining, mining industry news, trending

Lithium Refiners are at the Mercy of Miners

Dan Duszynski

August 22, 2022

Falling EV Profit Margins in Summer 2022 Elon Musk has called the intense process of getting lithium out of the ground, subsequently refined, and into his Teslas as “the hard part” of the EV manufacturing supply chain. The billionaire engineer with an MBA even went so far as to…

Manufacturing shutdowns due to high energy costs

energy, energy infrastructure, Insider, trending news

Biden’s Green Energy Policies Put a Huge Dent in the US Aluminum Supply

Dan Duszynski

August 15, 2022

High-Cost Energy Crunch Shuts Down Century Aluminum Plant in 2022 At Century Aluminum, 600 laid-off American workers in Hawkesville, Kentucky are paying the immediate penalty for the Biden administration’s aggressive push to green energy. With natural gas prices tripling under the Biden regime, the second largest US aluminum mill…

Engineering, Industrial Revolution, Insider

When Your Kid Just May Be an Engineer!

Dan Duszynski

August 8, 2022

Great Engineering Toys of the Industrial Revolution at Resource Erectors And we’re not talking about Choo-choo Charlie and his Lionels here. So far in our romp through the history of the Industrial Revolution, we’ve spotlighted the great innovations of engineering such as the steam engine, the precursor to the…

Engineering, engineering professionals, Engineers, Industrial Revolution, Insider

Driving the Industrial Revolution: Engineering that changed the world

Dan Duszynski

August 3, 2022

An ongoing series by the heavy industry watchers at Resource Erectors. In our recent article here at Resource Erectors, we focused on two of the unsung Engineering Heroes of the Industrial Revolution. Now it’s time to take a look at two machine innovations that kickstarted the Industrial Revolution using…

Engineering, Industrial Revolution, Insider, Mining

Engineering Heroes of the Industrial Revolution

Dan Duszynski

July 29, 2022

Does Elon Musk Belong on Interesting Engineering’s The 20+ Greatest Engineers of All Time list? We had an enjoyable time here at Resource Erectors, scrolling through this impressive list of engineering Hall of Famers at InterestingEngineering. But from the industrial history point of view, we’d do a bit of…

commodities, economics, Insider, precious metals, precious metals industry

Money Metals: A Penny For Your Copper Thoughts?

Dan Duszynski

July 20, 2022

“Goldman Sachs Group Inc. this week forecast copper to trade at $6,700 in the next three months, a 22% downgrade from its previous outlook.” – Copper price rebounds despite weak economic activity in China- Mining.com “Unfortunately, right now trying to locate a hard bottom in copper is proving to…

future of mining industry, Insider, Mining Industry, mining industry news, smart mining technologies

Engineering on the Moon: Can You Dig It?: Part 2

Dan Duszynski

July 9, 2022

The mission challenge for engineering teams from NASA is clear, should you decide to accept it: “DESIGN, BUILD, AND TEST TERRESTRIAL ANALOG FULL-SCALE PROTOTYPES OF ROBOTIC ICY REGOLITH EXCAVATION AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.”- NASA Break the Ice Challenge “Regolith” is the engineering term for “Moon dirt”, and when it comes…

Moon Mining - NASA's break the ice challenge

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Engineering on the Moon: Can You Dig It?: Part 1

Dan Duszynski

July 4, 2022

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Engineers on the Move Between Industries in 2022

Dan Duszynski

June 26, 2022

The Great Resignation, digital nomads, and the alarming “quit rates” we’ve seen so far in 2022 don’t necessarily mean that everyone simply went home to rest on their laurels and sit on the couch. All of the above are the hallmarks of the hyper-competitive “intra-industry” competition for the world’s…

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