Study Group: Council Members Knowledgeable on Titanium Mining

Council Members in this Study Group: 19

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Doug McVitie

Founder & Chief Consultant
Arran Aerospace

Doug McVitie is the Founder and Chief Consultant at Arran Aerospace, a firm providing consulting services in the aerospace and defense industry. Prior, Mr. McVitie was Director of Sales Intelligence at Airbus in Toulouse, France. He has spent 30 years...

Gerard Buhrer

Owner
Spectrum International Sourcing

Gerard Buhrer is Owner of Spectrum International Sourcing, an independent consultancy firm providing consultancy services for the manufacturing of aerospace engine parts. Mr. Buhrer has more than 38 years of experience in providing technical assistance...

Norman Klein

Principal
CORE RESULTS, LLC

Norman Klein is a Principal at Core Results, a firm providing cost reduction consultancy services for purchasing and supply chain optimization. Prior to 2003, he was the Director of Purchasing at BASF, a worldwide chemical company. Mr. Klein has more...

Salustio Guzman

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...

John Ackerman

President
Knox Resources Inc.

John Ackerman is the President and Owner of Knox Resources Inc. Knox is a consulting firm providing strategic planning, joint ventures and acquisitions planning and negotiations, market and business development, and project management services to small...

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Well, the WTO Ruled in Favor of Boeing, But Bloomberg's Take Was Surprising

September 12, 2009

Analysis by:Doug McVitie, Founder & Chief Consultant,

Analysis of:Boeing, U.S. Seen Winning WTO Case on European Aid to Airbus | www.bloomberg.com

So this story is already a week old, but crucially only three weeks into the one-month appeal time. EADS has already made the tactical error of calling this (interim) result "Only Part One", when it simply can't be -- the two cases are separate and so can't be interdependent..So what does EADS do? Appeal and underline its "Part Two" gambit or just totally ignore the reality of the huge anti-European findings and instead focus on the baloney of trying to "talk it out"? Talk, remember, is cheap.

A Frenchman's Word is His Bind

September 5, 2009

Analysis by:Doug McVitie, Founder & Chief Consultant,

Analysis of:US lawmaker says WTO ruling faults Airbus subsidies | us.mg2.mail.yahoo.com

1) EADS chief confident ahead of WTO ruling

"Sauve Qui Peut!" Udvar-Hazy's on a Mission

September 4, 2009

Analysis by:Doug McVitie, Founder & Chief Consultant,

Analysis of:Airbus May Produce Two Versions of Future A320, Tribune Says | www.bloomberg.com

There have been thousands more stupid stories written about Airbus than there were episodes of "Here''s Lucy!" (144), but at least the latter were funny. However, this outwardly dumb idea has some merit despite its "Loony Tunes" provenance (Udvar-Hazy). Interesting too that Bloomberg's aerospace reporting is sharpening up after their Paris Air Show fiascoes.

Spirit's Turner Opens the Door for Slight 737 Reduction in 2010

September 3, 2009

Analysis by:Doug McVitie, Founder & Chief Consultant,

Analysis of:Spirit Chief Executive: Production Cuts Could Be On The Way | www.kake.com

Does this apple taste better than that orange? If we temporarily lower production rates by a couple of aircraft a month on our narrowbodies (not the 30% the original Mini-Me Udvar-Hazy advocated), will it matter? Will the apple taster better than the orange?

Honey, Those Bad Airline Guys Shrunk the A380 Orderbook, Again

September 3, 2009

Analysis by:Doug McVitie, Founder & Chief Consultant,

Analysis of:Singapore Airlines delays A380 deliveries | www.google.com

What do Air France-KLM, British Airways, China Southern, Kingfisher, Lufthansa, Qantas, Singapore Airways, Thai Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways all have in common? Simple. All nine airlines -- 66% of the entire airline customer backlog -- has ripped up their A380 delivery contracts and told Airbus to go think again. And people thought the Eiffel Tower was a bad joke?

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