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article iconRing of Fire, Ring of Fire
One way to get attention in the mining world is to mention the Ring of Fire. Apparently, it doesn't matter whether your column is really about the Ring of Fire. Just mention this new wonder of the world and you get noticed.
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article iconMining suppliers: the last aliens
Outer space has more than its share of miners and no mining suppliers. I wonder how they do it.
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article iconCanada’s ugly duckling industry
Google "mining supply company" and you get a few companies with exactly that name. Next, you get the Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Services Association. Fourth on the page is a Google map of Sudbury with 16 pages of Sudbury-area firms.
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article iconThe creative heart of mining
In September 1998, the National Mining Association in the U.S. presented its vision for the mining industry for the year 2020. 2009 is the halfway point in the grand plan. How well did the visionaries do? And what does it mean for the industries that supply the mining sector?
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article iconThe wisdom of the market
Suppliers who believe in the wisdom of the market have already started pumping money into marketing and promotion. Purchasing agents may not have flung their doors wide open yet, but market signals are saying it’s time to start jockeying for position.
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article iconInteresting times
For an economist, these are interesting times. The accumulating American triple deficit – on trade, the government budget and household spending – finally caught up with the people who live by lending. We get to see the most vehemently capitalist governments nationalizing banks and supporting the value of vast pools of imaginary assets. We even get to watch executives leaping off tall buildings with their golden parachutes.
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article iconInteresting times
For an economist, these are interesting times. The accumulating American triple deficit – on trade, the government budget and household spending – finally caught up with the people who live by lending. We get to see the most vehemently capitalist governments nationalizing banks and supporting the value of vast pools of imaginary assets. We even get to watch executives leaping off tall buildings with their golden parachutes.
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article iconProspecting for gold mines in the supply sector
Mining supply and service companies don’t normally own gold mines, but there are gold mines out there for companies that are looking.
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article iconThe suppliers’ crystal ball
Here is the formula for a crystal ball. Take a cube of derived demand, add a book from a Singapore scholar, stir in some used predictions and a sprinkling of judgment.
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article iconThe beauty of mining machines
Mining is a rough industry and nowhere is it as challenging as Northern Ontario’s deep, hardrock operations. The mines are hot, dirty and wet.
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article iconGlobal prosperity to impact on mining
It is Christmas in the mining industry. Rio Tinto is handing out money to Alcan shareholders. China just signed a three billion dollar iron deal with Gabon.
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article iconSuppliers are the engine for innovation
Knowing how things work used to be the key to industrial success. Today, you have to know how things change.
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