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Jack Lifton

Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLCManaging Director
Jack Lifton, LLC
Member of the Industrial Council

Jack Lifton is an Independent consultant, focusing on the sourcing of nonferrous strategic metals. His work includes exploration and mining, and the recovery of metal values by the recycling of not only metals and their alloys but also of metal-based chemicals used as raw materials for component manufacturing. Mr. Lifton has more than 45 years of experience in the global OEM automotive, heavy equipment, electrical and electronic, mining, smelting, and refining industries. His background includes the sourcing, manufacturing, and sales of platinum group metal products, rare earth compounds, and ceramic specialties used to make catalytic converters, oxygen sensors, batteries, and fuel cells. He is knowledgeable in locating and analyzing new and recycled supplies of 'minor metals' including tellurium, selenium, indium, gallium, silicon, germanium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, chromium, and the rare earth metals. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History
2006 - present Managing Director
Jack Lifton, LLC
2004 - 2005 Chief Executive Officer
Jack Lifton, LLC

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Toyota Solves Hybrid Problems In a Remarkably More CLever Way Than General Motors Does | 07-09-2008
Analysis of: Toyota to add solar panels to some Prius hybrids | www.washingtonpost.com
Author: Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC

In order to maximize the range of a hybrid or all electric car it is important to minimize the drain on the battery from any load but that of the drive train.

Short Selles of Solar Cell Raw Materials Stocks Seem To be Wriitng The News | 07-07-2008
Author: Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC

This article seems mostly nonsense to me. It is poorly researched and seems to conflate different solar technologies and their problems with one another in a purposefully confusing way.

Germanium And Gallium Byproducts Of Zinc Mining Go from No value To Value Added | 07-07-2008
Analysis of: SRA agrees germanium and gallium leachate supply deals | www.semiconductor-today.com
Author: Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC

Minor metal byproducts of major 'base' metals, which were discarded as waste or for which the mine did not get paid by the refiner are rapidly growing in importance and may represent enough added value to allow for the re-opening of marginal mines.

Pricing For The Chevrolet Volt Is Becoming GM's Worst Nightmare. Why Would Anyone Buy A 40 - 50 Thouand Dollar Volt Rather Than A Hybrid Toyota Or Honda For Between 23 and 30 Thousand Dollars? | 07-01-2008
Author: Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC

Is GM planning to introduce and sell the Chevrolet Volt in November, 2010, at a loss? Probably. Even 'Maximum' Bob Lutz admits that the car might sell at a loss 'for many years.' The irreducible costs are not in the raw materials for a lithium ion battery. Lithium is actually rather cheap. They are...

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