Chemicals & Energy

Opinion: Industrial Security Is About Protecting More Than Data

June 23, 2017

Lee Lane, Rockwell Automation, IndustryWeek contributor

Industrial operators building their IoT security strategy need to think beyond protecting data and uptime. Within the plant, security also is about protecting employees and equipment. Beyond the plant, there is a responsibility to safeguard the environment, as well as critical infrastructures and supplies on which people depend.

Race Is on to Mine Metal Powering Electric Vehicles

June 23, 2017

Bloomberg

The race is on to supply more of the cobalt needed for batteries in the fast-growing market for electric vehicles - and that means fresh competition for the big players Glencore Plc and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

U.S. Producer Prices Unchanged; Services Costs on the Rise

June 21, 2017

The New York Times

U.S. producer prices were unchanged in May as energy costs recorded their biggest decline in more than a year, suggesting a moderation in inflation after a rise at the start of the year.

Investors Should Keep Cautious Eye on Growth Opportunities in South Africa

June 21, 2017

Russell W. Goodman, SupplyChainBrain

Sometimes there's nowhere to go but up. But the climb back to economic health isn't necessarily easy, as South Africa, once the continent's top economy, is finding out.

Apple Issues Bond to Finance Clean Energy, Advance Closed-Loop Supply Chain

June 20, 2017

Bloomberg

Apple Inc., which issued the biggest green bond ever sold by a U.S. corporation last year to finance projects fighting global warming, is doing it again.

Total Eclipse: Oil Giant Sees Its Future in Electricity

June 19, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

France's Total SA, one of the world's largest oil companies, sent its top executives to Silicon Valley last summer, where they met with tech investors and futurists. At Tesla Inc.'s Bay Area factory, a Total executive tweeted a photo of a gleaming, red Model S - an electric car that burns no oil products at all.

States Tell EPA They'll Fight Should U.S. Relax Vehicle Emissions Rules

June 15, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

More than a dozen state attorneys general wrote to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency vowing a legal fight to block regulators from easing vehicle-emissions standards, the latest broadside in a battle over the Trump administration's move to reopen a review of the regulations.

This Robot Can Check Oil and Gas Pipelines to Help Prevent Spills

June 13, 2017

Los Angeles Times

It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it.

E.U. Industry Sets Offshore Wind Targets

June 12, 2017

Maritime Executive

The governments of leading offshore wind markets, Germany, Belgium and Denmark joined industry leaders in signing a joint statement on boosting offshore wind development in Europe.

3M Applies Its Technology Prowess to Realize Supply-Chain Transformation

June 12, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

It only makes sense that The 3M Company, with a business model resting almost entirely upon technology, would eventually get around to deploying it as a tool for realizing new operating efficiencies, while meeting rising customer demands for service.

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