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Nickel Mining

Red China’s Indonesian Nickel Flood and the Pushback from Western Mining

The situation surrounding the global nickel market is complex and fraught with significant geopolitical, environmental, and economic implications. The manipulation of nickel pricing by operations predominantly in communist countries, such as China, and the strategic response from Western countries, particularly Australia, reveal deep-seated challenges in the global commodities market.
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Google Gemini Pro

Google’s Gemini Pro: Is Deep Mind Digging a Deep Hole?

  AI is touted everywhere in 2024 as the miraculous solution for resolving all the world’s problems. But it’s just as probable that the AI rush-to-market could easily become the world’s biggest problem.  We are still early in the pioneering days of AI and the rush to market of 3-wheeled wagons like Google’s Deep Mind […]

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Nickel Mining

Some Nickel For Your Thoughts

  Within the nickel industry, the recent developments around Glencore-backed Horizonte Minerals indicate that it’s time to examine the broader implications of these green agenda challenges. The significant budget spike for the Araguaia project in northern Brazil highlights the financial and operational hurdles facing nickel mining ventures in 2024, especially in environmentally sensitive and logistically […]

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mushrooms, hemp and green building materials

Mushrooms, Hemp, and the Green Building Material Innovators of 2024

  In 2024 we’re quickly evolving into a world where the new buildings rising up around us are not just mere structures. The latest innovations are reinventing common building materials, turning them into green champions of sustainability. Sometimes, they even sprout mushrooms! Yes, you read that right. From hemp rebar to mushroom-sprouting building columns, the […]

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AI and spreadsheets

Edison and Tesla, Bricklin and Frankston- When It’s Time For Some Spreadsheet Re-engineering.

  AC vs DC, Spreadsheets, and the Philosophy of Continuous Improvement The “War of the Currents” serves as a prime example of the necessity for re-engineering, even when a brilliant original concept is deeply entrenched by the work of a genius. In one notable historical episode, Thomas Edison, a titan of innovation with his direct […]

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Quarry Safety

Intelligent Quarry Technology and Quarry Safety

  The quarrying industry is critical for the extraction of valuable minerals and materials for construction and infrastructure projects. Not to mention agriculture, water treatment, and manufacturing, and the list goes on. Liberating those essential raw materials comes at a human and environmental cost, and the quarrying industry has historically been fraught with safety risks […]

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North American Labor Shortage in Mining Industry

North American Workforce Challenges in 2024

  “Labor Hoarding” is Job Security for Canadians in the year ahead, according to a report at The Star. Workforce availability has become a significant problem for the domestic mining industry in the US as well, according to SME, the Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration. The labor shortage in heavy industry is an issue […]

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Artificial Intelligence

AI’s challenge for 2024. Show us the money!

  “One thing already seems certain about 2024: AI is going to need to start showing the money. Whether it can is a whole other question.-Dan Gallagher WSJ The AI bubble needs to take a breath with investors in 2024, according to the Wall Street Journal’s Dan Gallagher in his January 3 article, Tech AI’s […]

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The Sands of Our Time

  Sand has been a vital resource throughout human history, a pivotal raw material essential in numerous industries and applications. Here are some key industry sectors that make sand an essential raw material for human society throughout the ages and into the future of 2024 and beyond. Construction: Sand is a fundamental ingredient in concrete […]

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Future Flash: Life in a High-Tech Concrete Society

Imagine waking up in a world where your daily commute is powered by the very roads beneath your wheels. Your autonomous electric vehicle glides silently over concrete highways and streets that feed it energy, eliminating the need for frequent stops to recharge. Lounging in the back seat while your car does the driving via centralized […]

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Hiring and Retaining Construction Talent

Blueprint for Success: Hiring and Retaining Top Construction Talent in 2024

Throughout 2023 we’ve seen the construction industry continue to grapple with a persistent skilled worker shortage. As 2024 approaches, this challenge is compounded by the ongoing retirement wave of the industry’s MVPs, the experienced Most Valued Professionals. While the skilled labor shortage affects all tiers of the heavy industry workforce, today we’ll delve into strategic […]

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Employee Centric Work Arrangements

Productivity and Satisfaction: Employee-Centric Work Arrangements in Heavy Industry

How Tailored Schedules Benefit Engineers, Plant Personnel, and Miners We hear a lot of fuss about innovative workforce perks these days, usually in the cushy settings of Silicon Valley, where ping-pong tables and video games abound and the data mining crowd enjoys a nap on the break room bunks with company-provided snacks.  OK, to give […]

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Nickel Mining

Red China’s Indonesian Nickel Flood and the Pushback from Western Mining

March 8, 2024 No Comments

The situation surrounding the global nickel market is complex and fraught with significant geopolitical, environmental, and economic implications. The manipulation of nickel pricing by operations predominantly in communist countries, such as China, and the strategic response from Western countries, particularly Australia, reveal deep-seated challenges in the global commodities market.

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Nickel Mining

Some Nickel For Your Thoughts

February 21, 2024 No Comments

  Within the nickel industry, the recent developments around Glencore-backed Horizonte Minerals indicate that it’s time to examine the broader implications of these green agenda

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The Sands of Our Time

December 21, 2023 No Comments

  Sand has been a vital resource throughout human history, a pivotal raw material essential in numerous industries and applications. Here are some key industry

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