Council Members in this Study Group: 111
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Principal
Mitchell Consulting Group ![]()
Walter Mitchell is the Principal of Mitchell Consulting Group, which provides rigorous research, analysis and advisory services for stakeholders in the US and international maritime industries. Mr. Mitchell has over 30 years of experience working for clients in the minerals, oil and chemicals, ports,...
Paul DowdPrincipal
PJ Dowd & Associates Pty Ltd ![]()
Paul Dowd is the Principal of PJ Dowd and Associates, providing consulting services to the mining industry. Mr. Dowd has more than 40 years of experience in developing business and managing mining operations in Australia, USA, Africa, Europe, Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. He was previously...
Managing Director
CHRISTIAN, PODLESKA AND VANMUSSCHENBROEK, LTD.![]()
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Jeffrey Christian is Managing Director of CPM Group, a precious metals research and consulting company. Mr. Christian is a worldwide authority on gold, silver, and the platinum group metals, in addition to copper, foreign exchange markets, and other commodities. He has been involved in the application...
President
ROR Mine Consulting ![]()
Richard Rouse is the President of ROR Mine Consulting, a firm providing consulting services to mines and large consulting firms on mining projects, new mine supply companies, and foreign companies entering the US mining products market. Mr. Rouse has over 40 years of experience in all aspects of the...
Consultant
Timothy Andrassy ![]()
Timothy Andrassy is an Independent Consultant in the metals industry. Mr. Andrassy is responsible for providing consulting services to producers, services centers and distributors, end use manufacturers, consultant agencies, and customer and client trade organizations. He has experience in managing...
Vice President of Marketing and Technology
TITANIUM CORPORATION INC ![]()
Salustio Guzman, PhD, is a Vice President of Marketing and Technology at Titanium Corporation, a Canadian mining and exploration company focused on commercializing titanium-bearing mineral sand deposits. Dr. Guzman has more than 20 years of experience in mining, extracting, processing, and fabricating...
Jack LiftonManaging Director
Jack Lifton, LLC ![]()
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....
Managing Director
GFMS Metal Consulting Ltd ![]()
Neil Buxton is Managing Director at GFMS Metals Consulting. Mr. Buxton has more than 20 years of experience in analyzing market developments within the non-ferrous and steel industry in both consultancy and investment banking environments. He focuses on the supply-demand balance and price outlook for...
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China's internal Iron Ore supply pressures make deals like Aquila inevitable
September 10, 2009
Baosteel to buy 15% of Aquila | www.ft.com
Beyond the headlines of more natural resources tie ups by China, additional pressure is coming on their own internal iron ore production due to declining grades, high stripping ratios, higher average and marginal costs across many fragmented less efficient mining operations and a greater percentage...
Is The Rare Earth Supply Crisis Due to Peak Production Capability or Capacity
September 6, 2009
Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC
A Different Environmental Threat: Peak Rare Minerals, China, and Green Technology | michaelperelman.wordpress.com
The current "crisis" in the media in the supply of rare earth metals is most likely due to nothing more sinister than mining capacity in China, the country which today produces some 97% of the world's supply of rare earth metals. There is sufficient accessible by current technology rare earth mineralization...
Precision Castparts - A Class Act in Acquisition-Driven Growth
September 5, 2009
Precision Castparts Up on Carlton Forge Deal | www.washingtonpost.com
Precision Castparts by just completing another of its many strategic deals is outpacing its competitors' growth and reach by its acquisition drive and is filling remaining capability gaps upstream and downstream, while increasing its operating margins from an average 14.5% in 2005 to 26.8% in thelatest...
Will The Chevrolet Volt Even Be Built as A Production Model? That's The Question
September 4, 2009
Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC
Audi U.S. president Johan de Nysschen addresses Chevrolet Volt is for idiots firestorm via Facebook | www.autoblog.com
The Audi USA president is simply vocalizing what is on everyone's mind in the OEM automotive world. His basic sentiment that the Volt is an idiotic concept is widely shared wherever in the world cars are designed , built, and marketed by existing mass producers.
The Rare Earth Security of Supply Crisis in Simplified Form
September 3, 2009
Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC
China tries to calm unease over rare earths curbs | news.yahoo.com
China's domestic use of its domestic production of the rare earth metals used accross the board in and critical to many if not most green technologies has caused it to restrict exports of these rare metals for years. The economics of Chinese rare earth production caused all other world producers to...
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Mining Experts | 1458 |
| Copper Pricing Trend Experts | 93 |
| Gold Mining Experts | 67 |
| Iron Ore Mining Experts | 119 |
| Steel Experts | 494 |
| Platinum Metals Group Experts | 87 |
| Mining Equipment Experts | 147 |
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