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CAT MINESTAR INTEGRATES DATA INTO SINGLE, UNIFIED INTERFACE

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Cat MineStar Integrates MineStar, Other Vendor Data Into Single, Unified Interface

Every piece of mining equipment constantly generates critical operating and production data that is used by Cat MineStar products to enable miners to make better decisions. Historically, each MineStar capability — fleet, terrain, health and others — has different reporting tools for this captured data.

Caterpillar’s new MineStar Reporting platform for MineStar Solutions is a powerful reporting and analytics product that can consolidate information from MineStar products. Currently, MineStar Reporting supports information from MineStar fleet, terrain, health and command for hauling. Support for MineStar Edge currently is under way, and all other products will soon be supported.

The easy-to-use reports and dashboards generated by MineStar Reporting are suitable for single or multiple mine sites and can efficiently work with other sources that aren’t MineStar. Plus, it provides a single data layer for presentation and analysis regardless of MineStar version. A comprehensive set of reports and dashboards come standard with system installation.

Data collected from MineStar and other vendor technologies is unified by new MineStar Reporting into a comprehensive database that can be accessed simply and securely via a web browser. The flexible system allows users to create customized reports, so each person is equipped with the appropriate information, while automated email reports within the system ensures that the data is received at the right time.

Providing more graphical content for users, MineStar Reporting expands the breadth of reporting capabilities at the

mine. The solution offers upgrades to connect to other mining data sources for more comprehensive analysis and summary of the whole picture, including spatial intelligence, process plant data and reconciliations. It provides product tracking with genesis tracing, stockpile management and reconciliations. The core reports and dashboards included with the new Currently, MineStar Reporting supports information from MineStar fleet, terrain, health and command for hauling. Support for reporting platform allow users to quickly view and analyze mine MineStar Edge currently is under way, and all site data. Standard production other products will soon be supported. reporting encompasses management and movement summaries, benches mined, cycle details, truck production and grade movement and summary. Equipment performance, time stats and delay overview, activity calendar, fleet timeline and event details are covered in the time report. Users can quickly see drilling accuracy, hole list and drilling information using the standard drill report. A wide variety of maintenance reports are included with an expanded set using machine health data. Growing with the mine site’s use of automation, MineStar Reporting is scalable and future-proof. Using Connected Mine technology in partnership with Information Alignment, it simplifies reporting of currently gathered data while leaving space for future solutions when the mine is ready to adopt new technologies. With all data housed in a single location independent of one solution, valuable historical data is secure when updating or changing technology systems, according to the company. For more information, visit www.cat.com/ minestar-reporting.  The easy-to-use reports and dashboards generated by MineStar Reporting are suitable for single or multiple mine sites and can efficiently work with other sources that aren't MineStar. Plus, it provides a single data layer for presentation and analysis regardless of MineStar version. A comprehensive set of reports and dashboards come standard with system installation.

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PROVISION from page 1 of Biden’s 2021 jobs act.

During the program’s pause, contractors can research domestic construction material sources and stockpile supplies for federally funded transportation construction projects.

The DOT concluded that avoiding the disruption to civil infrastructure (particularly transportation and transit) projects constitutes a rare and appropriate use of the agency’s authority, said John Smolen and Steve Park, Ballard Sphar law firm.

Commonly Used Materials

The IIJA, signed this past November, included a crucial provision that imposes Buy America requirements for construction materials.

The materials list includes stone, sand or gravel, non-ferrous binding agents, plastic-

and polymer-based products, glass, lumber and drywall.

Smolen and Park said the rule requires, generally, that all iron and steel, all manufactured products and construction materials used in federally funded infrastructure projects must be produced in the United States.

The AGC outlined domestic sourcing requirements in the guidance, issued in April: • Steel and Iron — manufacturing processes from the melting stage to applying coatings occurs in the United States; • Manufactured Products — an end product must be manufactured in the United States and that 55 percent of the total cost of components are sourced from the United States; and • Construction Materials — all processes for manufacturing construction materials are taking place in the United States.

These items include non-ferrous metals, plastic and polymer-based products, glass, lumber, drywall and more, according to the law partners.

But final guidance on the exact meaning of the term “construction material” has not yet been released, said AGC.

The provision requirements are observed by contractors and subcontractors, project sponsors, builders and design and construction professionals.

The White House also “provided preliminary guidance in an OMB memorandum highlighting that a public-interest waiver may be appropriate where a procuring agency determines that the requirements are inconsistent with other important policy goals,” Smolen and Park noted.

The industry reacted quickly. The AGC issued a statement saying the administration’s move to “place unrealistic limitations on firms’ ability to source key materials” when the industry is struggling makes no sense.

Stephen Sandherr, CEO, said AGC “supports sensible efforts to effectively incentivize the growth of America’s domestic manufacturing capacity.”

But the association believes the Biden administration is doubling down on failed procurement policies with its new Buy America mandate, he said.

“This is the kind of red tape initiative that undermines American’s confidence in the federal governments’ ability to effectively use their tax dollars.”

He noted that supply-chain shortages are already prompting firms to avoid bidding on new projects.

He cited as an example an Army Corps of Engineers project that received zero contractor bids because of regional concrete scarcities.

Worse, said Sandherr, the new mandate requires individual federal agencies to run waivers by the White House for materials not made in America.

“This means that contractors, in addition to facing a patchwork of inconsistent, and likely conflicting, guidelines from individual agencies’ waiver processes, will also have to wait as the highest office in the land verifies them.”

He likened the scenario to asking the Department of Education to verify each child’s permission slip to miss a day of school.

“Instead of improving infrastructure for the benefit of communities across the nation, firms will have to spend more time waiting for federal officials to decide whether a project is in compliance with the administration’s latest layer of red tape,” said Sandherr.

Any gains in construction material production the mandate might generate will be offset by the cost of new construction, slower building schedules and hamstrung projects, he said.

“Americans were right to be excited about the potential for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to make our economy more efficient, our commutes faster, our water safer and our economy stronger,” said Sandherr. “But this new mandate will leave too many taxpayers

“The AGC supports sensible efforts to effectively incentivize the growth of America’s domestic manufacturing capacity.”

Stephen Sandherr

AGC Construction industry organizations believe the provision puts unrealistic limitations on construction firms’ ability to source key materials, which they say makes no sense.

The AGC noted that federal agencies had voiced concern over whether project sponsors would be able to complete projects with the Buy America provision’s requirements.

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