Study Group: Refractory Metal Experts
Council Members in this Study Group: 44
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
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...
- 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...
- Rhett Fulwider
Plant Engineering Superintendant
EVRAZ INC. NARhett Fulwider is a plant engineer at Evraz Oregon Steel Mills. Oregon Steel Mills is one of the most diversified mini mills in the US producing a broad line of specialty and commodity steel products for domestic and global markets. He has a wide technical...
- Catherine Virga
Analyst
CHRISTIAN, PODLESKA AND VANMUSSCHENBROEK, LTD.
Catherine Virga is a Senior Analyst at CPM Group; a commodities market research, consulting, asset management, and investment banking firm based in New York City. Ms. Virga has written extensively about the base metals markets, commodities markets, and...
- Douglas Horn
Commodity Analyst
CHRISTIAN, PODLESKA AND VANMUSSCHENBROEK, LTD.
Douglas Horn is a Commodity Analyst at CPM Group (Christian, Podleska and Vanmusschenbroek), a research, consulting, asset management and investment banking firm headquartered in New York City. Mr. Horn regularly contributes his analysis on the energy...
GLG NewsSM Analyses by this Study Group's Leading Experts(?)
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Is The Rare Earth Supply Crisis Due to Peak Production Capability or Capacity
September 6, 2009
Analysis by: Jack Lifton, Managing Director,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 in North America, Australia, Southeast Asia ,Viet Nam, and South Africa to not only make world industry independent of China, but, ultimately, and soon, to supply China's domestic shortfalls.
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Will The Chevrolet Volt Even Be Built as A Production Model? That's The Question
September 4, 2009
Analysis by: Jack Lifton, Managing Director,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.
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The Rare Earth Security of Supply Crisis in Simplified Form
September 3, 2009
Analysis by: Jack Lifton, Managing Director,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 cease mining them years ago. Chinese domestic demand is now approaching Chinese domestic supply. The sleepy world of natural resource use and finance now calls this hoarding.. The Chinese are not amused.
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Autoblog Misunderstood What Bill Ford Said About Batteries Used By Ford
August 20, 2009
Analysis by: Jack Lifton, Managing Director,Chevy Volt's 230 mpg rating, ad campaign comes under fire from Bill Ford, AdAge | green.autoblog.com
The Autoblog.com article I am analyzing is poorly edited, poorly fact-checked, and poorly written. William Clay Ford, could not have said what the article attributed to him in the context described.
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Is The Chevrolet Volt Only A Fair Weather Car?
August 12, 2009
Analysis by: Jack Lifton, Managing Director,How did GM arrive at 230 mpg for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt? | www.autoblog.com
All this nonsense about the Chevrolet Volt's fuel use and performance is just hot air until the car is on the road and its actual performance under real driving conditions and with ordinary drivers is measured. I propose a side-by-side test of the Prius and the Chevrolet Volt to settle which is the more practical and versatile car.
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- Alloy Producer (ei)
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- President
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- Director
- Managing Director
- Principal
- Researcher
- Research & Development Manager
- Consultant
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