By William Tankard, Wood Mackenzie Principal Analyst, and Hun Hao Chuah, Wood Mackenzie Senior Analyst
Driven by a growing list of stakeholder requirements and an explosion in creative solutions, Wood Mackenzie expects the mining industry to accelerate its adoption of technology.
The sense of urgency will grow as corporates pursue net-zero CO 2 pledges, improved water management, continued improvements to employee safety, and cost optimisation through operational efficiency.
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Executive Order on Increasing Economic and Geographic Mobility | The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 305 of title 5, United States Code, and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
My Administration is committed to continuing this important work by partnering with State, local, territorial, and tribal leaders throughout the country to eliminate harmful occupational regulations, which are frequently designed to protect politically connected interest groups.
Warren Buffett to Congress: Extend relief for small businesses: 'It's an economic
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett urged Congress on Tuesday to extend aid to small businesses as they continue to struggle through economic shutdowns used to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
"It's an economic war," Buffett told CNBC's Becky Quick on " Squawk Box " in a telephone interview, speaking alongside Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon about helping small businesses.
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"I think the country owes it to the millions of small-business people … just renew the PPP and get us to the end of the tunnel," Buffett said. "When we went into World War II, a lot of industries were shut down; everything went to the defense production. Well, we've shut down a lot of people in this particular induced recession and others are prospering, and I think the country owes it to the really millions of small businesspeople."
Economics of Electric Trucks Remain an Adoption Challenge | Trucks.com
The big nut still to be cracked is battery cost. The technology itself is ready for commercialization. That’s why BYD and Volvo are selling electric trucks, while Freightliner-owner Daimler Trucks, Tesla and others are expected to launch production over the next 12 to 18 months.
Battery packs cost north of $150 per kilowatt hour, or kWh. That means about 3 percent of the heavy-duty trucks fleet drives enough miles over two years to make up the price difference, according to Goldman Sachs.
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High-income central banks offer more training for economists - Central Banking
Central banks in high-income countries are more likely than their peers to sponsor the training of their economics and statistics staff members.
According to data from the 30 central banks surveyed in Economics Benchmarks 2020, 52.6% of those from high-income economies – as classified by the World Bank – sponsor their staff in these departments to undertake PhD programmes.
Change in Chief Economist Post at USDA
In the announcement, Perdue called Johansson "an upstanding public servant," and noted that he had served as acting deputy undersecretary for farm production and conservation early in the Trump administration
Johansson said, "It has been a real honor to have spent more than two decades in public service, working for the Peace Corps, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Office of Management and Budget, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Council of Economic Advisers"
Looking Ahead To 2021 And The Economic Impact Of Covid-19
In their latest World Economic outlook, the IMF estimated that during periods of high uncertainty ... [+] such as a global pandemic, 1% of GDP spent on public infrastructure will generate 2.7% in GDP growth and raise employment by 1.2% after two years.
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With the rollout of vaccines for Covid-19 last week, the control of the pandemic has begun. The dramatic speed of the development of the vaccines will need to be matched by production and distribution. AstraZeneca has announced that its vaccine developed with the University of Oxford will make two billion doses which will help developing countries.
Economists Are Ringing Alarms About Home Affordability. What to Know. | Barron's
Amid an economic crisis, high unemployment, and calls for the continuation of mortgage forbearance and foreclosure protections, home sales have been remarkably strong, and prices have continued to rise. Now some economists are saying home prices have grown so far, so fast that further sales growth may be hindered as affordability becomes a concern.
The price of an existing single-family home rose to $313,000 in October, the National Association of Realtors reported last month, a 16% increase on a year-over-year basis. That's more than double the home price growth seen the same month a year prior . The rate of price growth will likely remain strong, as the inventory of homes for sale—which was low before the pandemic—now lingers at historic lows.
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