Paul Glantz

President, Metal Recycling Consultants

Member of the Industrial Council

Council Member Biography

Paul Glantz is a consultant for the metalworking industry, metal recyclers, and metal traders. Mr. Glantz is the President of Metal Recycling Consultants, located in Great Neck, New York, and has been the President of Glantz Iron & Metals, Inc., a metal trading and processing firm.

Mr. Glantz has been consulting for developers of wind farms since 2005. His knowledge in scrap metal valuation is useful in determining tax liability, and insurance needs. He has more than 30 years of experience working with numerous metal processing and trading companies specializing in aluminum, copper, nickel, high temperature alloys, and steel. Some of the scope of projects he has worked on includes sourcing suppliers, sourcing customers, increasing efficiency of material handling, material testing and analysis, environmental protection safeguarding, price establishment policy, and marketing.

Mr. Glantz is also knowledgeable on imports and exports of numerous metal products. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Materials Science, specializing in Metallurgical Engineering in 1972. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2000 - present: President, Metal Recycling Consultants
1972 - present: President, Glantz Iron & Metals, Inc.

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Indicators Show Base Metal Prices are Establishing a Floor

December 11, 2008

Analysis by:Paul Glantz, President, Metal Recycling Consultants

Analysis of: Rio Cuts 14,000 Jobs, Spending as Demand Falters | www.bloomberg.com

Rio announcing major job cuts and expense reduction has major bullish inclination to base metal pricing.

Base Metal Prices May be at a Turning Point

July 30, 2008

Analysis by:Paul Glantz, President, Metal Recycling Consultants

Analysis of: Gold futures drop $36 in three days | www.marketwatch.com

Base metal prices have been somewhat bearish as of late as have other commodity prices such as oil and gas. Speculators often react and overreact to daily news items forcing large swings in commodity pricing. However the greatest real effect on commodity prices will be whether Chinese buyerscome...

They Have Arrived (Metal ETF’s that is)

April 29, 2008

Analysis by:Paul Glantz, President, Metal Recycling Consultants

Analysis of: The Best and Worst Natural Resource Funds | www.thestreet.com

While reviewing the performance of resource funds for the first quarter of 2008, I realized that there is now an availability of buying or selling specific commodities for actual users as a 'hedge' against price volatility.

Traditional Future Metal Price Analysis is for the Birds

February 28, 2008

Analysis by:Paul Glantz, President, Metal Recycling Consultants

Analysis of: Survey of Forecasts (of Metal Prices) | www.recycling-magazine.com

As published in Recycling Magazine Feb 2007, “Survey of Forecasts”, basemetals.com compiled price predictions of 22 analysts. These analysts are paid researchers that spend their time analyzing the metal markets. In order to determine the price prediction, in this case in one year, theanalyst...

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