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  There’s no getting away from the powerful influence on industries of the politically driven rush to replace fossil fuel, coal, and other traditional “carbon-emitting” energy sources with an “all-electric” power grid.  After decades under the legislative green thumb of what many are now recognizing as nothing less than “radical environmentalism”, the global general public […]

  When the world places an order the mining industry delivers. But will the radical, regulatory, environmental left get out of its own way when it comes to expanded mining operations for complex green technology support?  Amazon is making quite a  big deal out of their order for 100,000 Rivian electric delivery trucks . Their […]

  Once again the push to green tech is playing a role in 2021 construction trends, as the stagnant building sector is still recovering from Covid 19 supply overhangs. But there’s still some good civil construction news for the remainder of 2021.  National construction numbers overall logged a 2% drop in the Dodge Index, according […]

  Tesla’s Elon Musk is running up against some stiff potential competition in the battery vs. hydrogen fuel cell battle. Australian mining magnate and billionaire Andrew Forrest is taking on Tesla Inc. and CEO Elon Musk in his quest to promote “greener than batteries” hydrogen fuel cells as the next game-changer in the clean-energy scramble, […]

Despite the Covid 19 economic obstacles to be overcome in 2020, the precious metals sector managed to log quite an impressive record. Gold bullion even managed a 25% leap, its best year since 2010 to close out the decade. As impressive as gold’s performance was in 2020, silver still managed to outpace the world’s favorite […]

In our November 16, 2020 Resource Erectors article we took a look at how two industry-leading North American mining companies in Canada and the US are teaming up to ensure a reliable domestic “mine to magnet” supply line, one that will significantly reduce or even eliminate Communist China’s disruptive interference. At a time when worldwide […]

  During Tesla’s recent 2020 shareholders meeting (a.k.a. “Battery Day”), Elon Musk — CEO of Tesla and Chairman at SolarCity — talked for a good hour about batteries. Particularly, Musk discussed innovations in lithium-ion batteries — such as replacing cobalt with nickel cathodes. 

The Green Rush to Less Than Reliable Energy Sources In an earlier blog, Resource Erectors looked at how the “green rush” to alternative energy technology has left the California power grid on the brink of collapse as the Golden State struggles with record-breaking heat waves and wildfires. Premature reliance on solar and wind power has […]

Kneeling to Radical Environmentalism Leaves California Residents Sweating Out Rolling Blackouts At Resource Erectors we’re always right upfront when it comes to exciting new sustainable technology and eco-friendly advancements that lead to a better, healthier ecosystem on this little blue marble we all live and work on. We’ve even got a specially designated blog category […]

The US Fracking Sand Market Under More Pressure in 2020 Excess supply in the US frac-sand market has been beating down prices and depressing sand mining stocks by more than 70% in the past two years. A report at World Oil Magazine focused on the problem of a US frac-sand market “swimming in an excess […]

Silica Sand in High Demand and Going Higher Fracking sand, silica sand, industrial sand. By any name, one of the world’s most common and useful types of sand is in high demand and the silica sand sector is experiencing continuing rapid growth. The global silica sand market, worth 7.4 billion US dollars in 2018, has […]

West Texas is experiencing an oil and gas drilling boom—this latest rush is attributed to techniques like horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracking.