Governments all over the world are facing a serious set of problems. They’re operating huge deficits at the same time that they have a tremendous need for high-cost infrastructure.
Warmer temperatures. Melting glaciers. More frequent and more violent storms. With shifting climates presenting competing and conflicting risks, we need to prepare now to protect and maintain our hydroelectric dam installations.
In the last 10 years, shale gas production has exploded in North America. Shale oil has expanded in a big way, too. Can these two competing commodities continue to coexist?
As populations in cities rise, we need to balance the ability to move goods and people with the need for livable, service-oriented communities. Transit is the key to success.
There’s a change happening in mining, and it’s gaining ground and momentum. Get ready, because it’s going to revolutionize the way you think about and operate your business.
Mining has traditionally been about economies of scale. Ever-bigger trucks, ever-faster machines, ever-deeper pits. But bigger-means-better doesn’t cut it anymore.