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Study Group: Scrap Metal Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 55

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

James May

Managing Director
May Commodity Associates
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James May is Managing Director of May Commodity Associates, a firm providing strategic advice to clients in the steel, steel raw materials, metals, and industrial minerals sectors. Prior, Mr. May was Director of Steel Research Metal Bulletin. He has extensive contacts within the global steel industry,...

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Scott Witt, Co-Director, Freight Systems Division, WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONScott Witt

Co-Director, Freight Systems Division
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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Scott Witt is the Co Director of Freight Systems Division at Washington State Department of Transportation. Previously, Mr. Witt was a State Rail and Marine Director at Washington State Department of Transportation. He is currently heavily involved in the high speed rail ARRA stimulus projects. Mr....

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Roy Berlin, President and Chief Executive Officer , BERLIN METALS LLCRoy Berlin

President and Chief Executive Officer
BERLIN METALS LLC
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Roy Berlin is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Berlin Metals, a privately held, Chicago based metal service center engaged in the value added processing and distribution of flat rolled carbon steel and stainless steel products in slit coil form. Berlin Metals was founded in 1967 and its...

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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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Rhett Fulwider

Plant Engineering Superintendant
EVRAZ INC. NA
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Rhett 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 base that can provide solutions in both mechanical...

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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Donald Fosnacht, PhD, Director, Applied Research and Technology Dev., UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (INC)Donald Fosnacht, PhD

Director, Applied Research and Technology Dev.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (INC)
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Donald Fosnacht, PhD, is a Partner at Steel Profitability Consulting. Dr. Fosnacht is also the Director of Center for Applied Research and Technology Development for the Natural Resource Research Institute at University of MN Duluth. He has more than 35 years of experience in steel and mining industries....

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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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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...

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...

Autoblog Misunderstood What Bill Ford Said About Batteries Used By Ford

August 20, 2009

Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC

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.

Is The Chevrolet Volt Only A Fair Weather Car?

August 12, 2009

Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC

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...

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Consulting Firm (ei)
  • Metal Trading Firm (ei)
  • Metal Service Center (ei)
  • Scrap Processor (ei)
  • Machine Tools Manufacturer (ei)
  • Steel Mini Mill (ei)
  • Electric Generation Company (ei)
  • Scrap Broker (ei)
  • Specialty Steel Mill (ei)

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

  • President
  • Owner
  • Director
  • General Manager
  • Consultant
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Sales
  • Procurement Manager
  • Managing Director
  • General Counsel
  • Engineer
  • Raw Materials Procurement Manager

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