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BUSINESS INSIDER: A mining tycoon has a $1 billion plan to release China’s chokehold on the global electric car race
Business Insider Over the next 20 years, sales of electric vehicles are predicted to outstrip petrol and diesel engine cars. That has huge implications for the supply of metals that go into these vehicles. South African mining tycoon Brian Menell says China controls most of the supply for rare earth metals, lithium, and other important…
Read MoreTHE TELEGRAPH: Electric car boom turbo charges rare metals race
The Telegraph More than 11,000 feet up in the Andes mountains of southwest Bolivia lies Salar de Uyuni, a remote salt flat that is home to some of the world’s largest reserves of lithium. Largely untapped, the seemingly endless expanse of bright white salt plains are on the verge of a frenzy of activity as a global scramble erupts to extract the metal…
Read MorePR NEWSWIRE: TechMet Appoints Admiral Mike Mullen Chairman of Advisory Board
PRNewswire TechMet Limited, a private industrial company that is building controlling or significant minority positions in world-class projects across the technology metal supply chain, today announces the appointment of Admiral Michael Mullen as Chairman of its Advisory Board. Admiral Mullen was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States (2007-2011) and principal military advisor to both…
Read MoreFORBES: South African Mining Executive Brian Menell Talks About His New Venture, TechMet
Forbes For over 25 years Brian Menell, 53, has overseen, developed and managed natural resource and mining projects across 18 sub-Saharan African countries, and in the CIS and Canada. The Menell family founded and controlled the Anglovaal Group – one of the dominant players in the African mining and industrial scene over the last 80…
Read MoreBIZ NEWS: Meet SA-born Brian Menell: Betting big on electric batteries
Biz News JOHANNESBURG — South African-born mining veteran Brian Menell is shifting his focus to what looks set to become the next gold rush. Demand for minerals that make up batteries, for the likes of electric cars and other smart devices, is expected to soar over the next few years. Many minerals such as cobalt, lithium and tungsten…
Read MoreFINANCIAL TIMES: Cobalt shares rally after Glencore shocks market with sudden sales halt
Financial Times Shares in cobalt producers rallied on Wednesday following news that Glencore, the world’s largest producer, had halted sales at its mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “This news highlights the fragility of the supply chain for battery metals when concentrated so heavily in one area,” Brian Menell, chief executive of London-based TechMet,…
Read MoreBLOOMBERG: Mining veteran wants to build a $1 billion battery metals giant
Bloomberg South African mining veteran Brian Menell wants to build a battery material giant to help challenge China’s domination of the nascent industry. It’s still early days for his privately funded company, TechMet Ltd., which controls just a handful of assets from Canada to Rwanda. But he’s raising more money and sees countries such as…
Read MoreSDTC: Minister Bains announces $58.6 million to support 14 Canadian companies through Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Sustainable Development Technology Canada Across Canada, companies on the leading edge of innovation and job creation are advancing clean technologies across all sectors of the economy and finding new ways to solve the world’s environmental challenges. That’s good for everyone: clean technologies can create well-paying jobs that will support the Canadian economy and help Canada…
Read MorePROACTIVE INVESTORS: Rainbow rare earths signs cooperation agreement to fund downstream definitive feasibility study
Proactive Investors Rainbow Rare Earths Ltd (LON:RBW) has signed a cooperation agreement with TechMet Limited to fund a Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) for downstream rare earth separation. The rare earth metals miner said it would form a joint venture with TechMet to undertake the DFS, which would be fully funded by TechMe, following an initial…
Read MorePR NEWSWIRE: TechMet Appoints Admiral Mike Mullen Chairman of Advisory Board
PRNewswire TechMet Limited, a private industrial company that is building controlling or significant minority positions in world-class projects across the technology metal supply chain, today announces the appointment of Admiral Michael Mullen as Chairman of its Advisory Board. Admiral Mullen was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States (2007-2011) and principal military advisor to both…
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