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Study Group: Copper Pricing Trend Experts(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 62

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on topics such as aerospace & defense, building materials, chemicals, construction, oil & gas, timber & forest products, utilities & power generation, mining, agriculture, industrial equipment and transportation, among others.

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Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLCJack Lifton
Managing Director
Jack Lifton, LLC

Jack Lifton is the Founder of Jack Lifton, a consultancy focusing on the sourcing of nonferrous strategic metals, minerals, and chemicals used both as raw materials and for component manufacturing from the ground up (i.e., starting with exploration and mining). Mr. Lifton has more than 40 years of experience...

Neil Buxton
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...

Joshua Kalter, President, Network Metals LLCJoshua Kalter
President
Network Metals LLC

Joshua Kalter is the President and Owner of Network Metals; a metals, ores, and alloys import and distribution company based in New York. Mr. Kalter has more than 22 years of experience in trading metals, ores, and alloys in international trading firms. Specifically he has trade expertise in the non-ferrous...

Arthur Riese
President and Chief Executive Officer
EnSci Inc

Arthur Riese, PhD, is President and Chief Executive Officer at EnSci, a firm providing environmental consulting, expert witness, strategic planning, and business valuation services to private industry and law firms in the environmental and natural resources industries. Dr. Riese has experience in providing...

Russell Crawford, General Manager, Diverse Construction IncRussell Crawford
General Manager
Diverse Construction Inc

Russell Crawford is the General Manager at Diverse Construction Inc., a building constructions contractor. Previously, Mr. Crawford was an owner of Crawford Electrical Consulting which provides services to a variety of clients. He has worked on research projects for clients in the financial industry....

Rob Nelson
President
FC Squared Sales

Rob Nelson is the Owner of FC Squared Sales, a manufacturer's representative in the industrial and construction product markets. Mr. Nelson has an excellent understanding of the wholesale and retail sales channels of distribution for products in these sectors. He was Vice President of Sales for Mueller...

William Faris
Director of Sales and Distribution
Xpediair, Inc.

William Faris is the Director of Distribution and Sales at Xpediair. He also operates a separate consulting company in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industry. Mr. Faris has more than 30 years of experience in both the domestic and international markets, and has helped to start...

Robert Boyle
Principal and Chief Executive Officer
The Elmwood Group (WV)

Robert Boyle is the Principal and Chief Executive Officer at The Elmwood Group; a company providing consulting services in process optimization, cost management, and general management. Mr. Boyle is a recognized leader and respected advisor in domestic and international aluminum industries. He has more...

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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...

Aren't GM's, And Ford's and Chrysler's, Problems All The Same: Bad Management From The Top Down? | 07-01-2008
Analysis of: GM's Maximum Bob: Don't tell me how to make an E-car | latimesblogs.latimes.com
Author: Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC

For the last ten years as the center of the OEM automotive industry's growth has shifted to mainland Asia we have heard nothing but failure-excusing buzz words from the 'leaders' of the OEM American automotive industry. Legacy costs, health care, and, just now, as they finally admit it, raw material...

The North American Minor Metals Market Disaster in the Age of Minor Metals | 06-23-2008
Author: Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC

Survival of their nation's industrial base and industrial independence has sent Japanese companies on a hunt for critical natural resources. When will American's wake up to the damage to out domestic economy that ignoring this issue has already caused and the impending disaster if we do nothing about...

The Chevrolet Volt Is A Mask To Divert Attention From The Collapse Of The General Motors Business Model, Which Claims That GM Has Ignored Alternate Power Trains Until Now Because Its Products Have been Based On Working With Proven technology | 06-23-2008
Analysis of: Deepening gloom at General Motors | money.cnn.com
Author: Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC

The market capitalization of the Detroit Two (Chrysler having been privatized by Cerberus is no longer a public company with a transparent market 'cap.') is a grand total of less than 20 billion dollars with GM accounting for an astonishingly tiny 8 billion of that.   Toyota, which is in fact...

Rhenium, Without Which There Would Be No Modern Jet Aircraft, Is A Byproduct Of Molybdenum Mining | 06-20-2008
Author: Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC

Luckily for the free world the US is the world's largest producer of the metal molybdenum. Rhenium is contained as trace element in both the primary molybdenum ore mined in North America-which is responsible for 40% of North American molybdenum production-and in the molybdenum itself contained...

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