Success in today’s environment requires more than the industry’s best mining equipment. It requires solutions – and partnerships – that extend well beyond the iron.
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May 21, 2018
Think your life isn’t impacted much by the mining industry? Think again. Without mining, our lives as we know them would be very different: There would be no mass-produced light bulbs, no microwave ovens, no computer monitors. Even our cell phones are made possible by mining – there’s a world of minerals in mobile devices from copper to quartz to silicon and more. And about 40 percent of the global electrical supply is generated from coal.
In fact, nearly everything you touch every day is made possible or impacted by the mining industry. The Iron Mining Association of Minnesota says, “If it wasn’t grown, it was probably mined.” We second that notion. And even if it was grown, the process was likely made more efficient by mined products – for example, increased food production is aided by the use of fertilizer.
Just look at some of the mined minerals found in our daily lives.
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Population growth, an increasingly urbanized society and an emerging middle class are driving continued investment in infrastructure, energy and mining to meet the needs of people everywhere. With a company purpose to help our customers build a better world, Caterpillar plays a vital role in assisting our customers as they respond to these changing demands.
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