Other scientists are likewise mining the emerging field of nanotechnology and its largely unrealized potential for delivering high-impact devices in ultra-small dimensions.
But capturing that opportunity takes capabilities that stretch from individual devices out in the field to powerful business analytics tools back in the data center, mining all the Big Data collected by those devices.
Several experts in the field outlined several issues that they said point to a decline in the mining industry, from poor ore grades to declines in drilling activity to misinformation on the investment side.