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Study Group: Metal Recycling Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 55

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Richard Amistadi

Principal
Amistadi Associates
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Richard Amistadi is the Principal of Amistadi Associates, a lead-acid battery market consultancy firm. Mr. Amistadi formed his consultancy firm after having more than 36 years of experience at The Doe Run Company where he was mainly involved in the global sales and marketing of lead metal to the lead-acid...

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Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLCJack Lifton

Managing Director
Jack Lifton, LLC
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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....

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Brian Shell

Managing Director
Waypoint Group
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Brian Shell is the Managing Director for Waypoint Group, a recycling information and trading company. Utilizing domestic and international contacts, Waypoint provides procurement, brokerage, direct sales, consulting and logistical services for the metals industry. Prior to committing full time to Waypoint...

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Brian Sawyer, B.Sc

FormerFounding Director
Aluminium Industry Professionals Inc.
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Brian Sawyer is the former Founding Director of Aluminum Industry Professionals Inc (Aluminpro). Prior to starting the firm in 2000, Mr. Sawyer spent over 40 years with Alcan. He has over 45 years experience in the aluminum industry and has been involved in the management of many joint ventures involving...

Robert Boyle

Principal and Chief Executive Officer
The Elmwood Group (WV)
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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 hasmore...

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Paul Glantz

President
Metal Recycling Consultants
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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...

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China's internal Iron Ore supply pressures make deals like Aquila inevitable

September 10, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

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

GLG Expert Contributor

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...

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Consulting Firm (ei)
  • Metal Trading Firm (ei)
  • Scrap Processor (ei)
  • Scrap Broker (ei)
  • Independent Consulting Firm
  • Metal Smelter & Refiner (ei)

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

  • President
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  • Owner
  • Consultant
  • Director
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Managing Director
  • Business Development Manager
  • Sales
  • Trading

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