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IS IT THE MINE OR IS IT THE SMELTER?
Domestic Infrastructure The United States has the metals. We have the minerals. What we don’t have is the infrastructure.Take Arizona—home to the largest copper deposits in the country. The mines exist. The ore is real. But a mine without processing…
ARIZONA COPPER KING
The Story, mining and moving the Copper from the mine to the Smelter. 70% of America’s copper is mined in Arizona—but like many American mines, the story is not without inefficiencies. Concentrate can travel over 100 miles by rail and…Resolution
Showdown under the Desert Sun 1910 — Magma Mine begins production (shallow copper veins)↓1970s–80s — Geologists suspect deeper porphyry deposit↓1995 — Magma Copper confirms Resolution deposit (~7,000 ft deep)↓1996 — BHP acquires Magma, shutters old mine↓2001 — Rio Tinto enters…
Dirty Nickel
Indonesia Nickel Mine ESG fallacies, a double standard dirty secret of your lithium-ion batteries. Country in focus: Indonesia’s nickel mines. Indonesia, with China in tow, now control world nickel markets with a 55% share of global supply and price around…IRAN: Payback St. of Hormuz
Iran, has been beaten down, but not defeated no matter how harsh a payback by Israel or the U.S will still exist. Ultimately Iran controls whether the St. of Hormuz remains open for the transit of around 20 million bpd…Strategic Reserves
Strategic Metal Reserves, most metals are strategic. There’s a “strategic oil reserve” with capacity up to 714 million barrels while currently 351 million barrels on hold. With enough domestic inground or untapped reserves (stranded) there is no need for a…
Boom or Bust
BATTERY METALS: Boom or bust Two years ago, the battery metals were the rage. 2022 Lithium was a rage, trading at a price of $41,708 a ton. Along with some new players most noticeably is or was Chile. The Andes,…
Unspoken Realities of the Electric Vehicle
We can sum the whole concept up with just one question: What happens when the power goes out? No one seems to ask or answer that question: Not if but when we experience it on a grand scale only will…