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Jack LiftonCo-founder and DirectorTechnology Metals Research, LLC

Will GM tell us please if the Volt's Miles per Charge is Temperature Dependent?

January 13, 2010

Analysis of:GM Unveils Plans for New Hybrid, Again | www.forbes.com

Before a single Volt is sold to a real customer off of a showroom floor GM is announcing again that they are going to expand their offerings of this "extended range" hybrid powertrain in a Cadillac this time rather than as a Buick or as a Saturn the time before.I have a simple question for GM to answer before anyone at all buys a Volt.

Jack LiftonCo-founder and DirectorTechnology Metals Research, LLC

Underpriced Rare Earth Metals From China Have Created A Supply Crisis

December 6, 2009

Analysis of:Chinese pay toxic price for a green world | www.timesonline.co.uk

China has a policy of predatory pricing, which has allowed it to gain monopoly control over some strategic natural resources such as the rare earth metals. The policy has now backfired as the low revenues to Chinese producers have deprived them of the investment funds they need to not only expand production but also to maintain the production they have.The result is a massive Chinese environmental problem, which threatens all by itself to cut non Chinese end users off from their only supply.

George DorkhomExecutive ChairmanGREENKOTE PLC

Gas Cylinders Are Here to Stay

September 20, 2009

Analysis of:Is It The End For High-Pressure Gas Cylinders? | www.prlog.org

Higher pressure or not , the gas cylinders market is an important segment in the industrial gas business for smaller users and mobile applications in medical and industry and are here to stay but controls technology must continue to improve on safety and reliability.

George DorkhomExecutive ChairmanGREENKOTE PLC

China takes off, it is rapidly taking over as we squander our brand names for ?

September 11, 2009

Analysis of:China’s Geely, Beijing Automotive Target Volvo, Saab | www.bloomberg.com

It is a known fact that the Chinese government has put its weight and tremendous wealth behind targeted industries, Electronics , automotive and aerospace and it is well on its way to target the general industrial market. It is succeeding and have taken over Japan in Electronics manufacturing out put...why ? they have the people, the natural resources, the cash and the market..and we in the West are willing to surrender all ,including established brands as Volvo ,Saab and Hummer.

George DorkhomExecutive ChairmanGREENKOTE PLC

Temporary lay-offs in Italy maybe OK,but plant closure ..guess what

September 10, 2009

Analysis of:Italian Government Reaches Union Agreement on Fiat’s CNH Plant | www.bloomberg.com

Italian Labor law is so inflexible about layoffs and forget the future of the plant in Imola if it invovles permanent closure. Italy, behind Spain , is one of the most socialistic countries when it come to labor law giving no flexibility whatsoever to industry in manoeuvering during difficult times, that is while Fiat CEO is scanning the globe and is in bed with Chrysler , not only for high cost production , but also for labor inflexibility.

George DorkhomExecutive ChairmanGREENKOTE PLC

Outsourcing is the trend ..do not cry wolf

September 8, 2009

Analysis of:Defense industry pleads for investment | www.ft.com

To my best of my knowledge the UK defense spending in 2010 is projected to be up by a few percentage points and so as the EU and Nato..so what is the fuss all about..outsourcing? then they have to cry endlessly as this has been the trend for a long time in the world of the defense industry,but perhaps a novelty in Britain.

George DorkhomExecutive ChairmanGREENKOTE PLC

Konecranes actions are a must rather than a strategy

September 6, 2009

Analysis of:Konecranes Starts Statutory Negotiations in Headquarter Functions in Hyvinkää | www.konecranes.com

KoneCranes has experienced a 40-50% decline in orders year over year and a restructuring plans in not only warranted but a must. The demand for cranes both in the industrial as well as construction and on/off-shore has declined so rapidly that unless drastic actions are taken companies as Kone and others including Demag and Terex are at risk for survival.

Jack LiftonCo-founder and DirectorTechnology Metals Research, LLC

Is The Rare Earth Supply Crisis Due to Peak Production Capability or Capacity

September 6, 2009

Analysis of: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.

Jack LiftonCo-founder and DirectorTechnology Metals Research, LLC

Will The Chevrolet Volt Even Be Built as A Production Model? That's The Question

September 4, 2009

Analysis of: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.

Jack LiftonCo-founder and DirectorTechnology Metals Research, LLC

The Rare Earth Security of Supply Crisis in Simplified Form

September 3, 2009

Analysis of: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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