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Alan Green on Trump/Biden, plus Open Orphan #ORPH, Erris Resources #ERIS & Tertiary Minerals #TYM on the UK Investor Mag podcast
Alan Green discusses the Trump/Biden effect on the markets, plus Open Orphan #ORPH, Erris Resources #ERIS and Tertiary Minerals #TYM with Jonathan Roy on the UK Investor Magazine podcast.
Vanguard – US seeks to boost local production of 35 minerals, including Fluorspar
Africa’s mineral export will be hit very soon as the United States plans to boost domestic production of 35 critical minerals including uranium, cobalt and lithium, in pursuance of President Donald Trump’s America First policy.
The US said the 35 minerals are critical materials used in basic manufacturing, batteries and electronics.
In the full list are: Aluminum (bauxite), antimony, arsenic, barite, beryllium, bismuth, cesium, chromium, cobalt, fluorspar, gallium, germanium, graphite (natural), hafnium, helium, indium, lithium, magnesium, manganese, niobium, platinum group metals, potash, rare earth elements group, rhenium, rubidium, scandium, strontium, tantalum, tellurium, tin, titanium, tungsten, uranium, vanadium, and zirconium.
In trying to boost domestic production, America’s aim is to reduce its reliance on foreign suppliers, the Interior Department said on Friday.
The move echoes America’s ramping up of shale oil production during Barack Obama’s era that broke OPEC’s control of the crude oil market and depressed prices.
It was the department’s first step to carry out a December presidential order to break U.S. dependence on foreign minerals.
Lithium and cobalt are vital components of the rechargeable batteries that power electric vehicles. Battery makers and auto companies such as Tesla Inc and Volkswagen AG have been hunting for long-term supplies of the minerals.
“Any shortage of these resources constitutes a strategic vulnerability for the security and prosperity of the United States,” said Tim Petty, assistant secretary of the Interior for water and science.
The administration wants to identify new domestic sources of critical minerals; increase domestic exploration, mining and recycling; give miners and producers electronic access to better mapping and geological data; and streamline leasing and permitting for new mines.
It will be challenging to boost U.S. production of potash, used to make fertilizer for farmers, said Canada’s Nutrien Ltd, North America’s largest potash producer.
“There’s just not reserves that are economic in the United States, but there are lots in Canada,” said spokesman Richard Downey. “I think that the U.S. recognises that it’s a critical nutrient for corn and grain farmers, in particular, and they need access to the Canadian potash.”
The department seeks public comment until March 19.
Raising U.S. output of non-fuel minerals and fossil fuel resources is part of the Trump administration’s America First policy, aimed at boosting U.S. exports while curbing imports using tariffs and other protectionist measures.
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/us-seeks-boost-local-production-35-minerals/
Brand CEO Alan Green talks Trump, BP (BP.), Ithaca Egy (IAE) & Ocado (OCDO) on TipTV
Trump is rapidly earning a reputation as the Fuhrer of the New Millennium, says Alan Green, CEO of Brand Communications to which Tip TV Presenter Zak Mir responds by saying ‘that is what the Americans voted’. Green also looks at BP (BP.), Ithaca Egy (IAE) & Ocado (OCDO) on TipTV.
Is Trump Copying Hitler ?
Trump got his initial campaign off the ground with outrageous statements about Mexicans, women, muslims – anything, provided it was outrageous enough to ensure a good headline.
Last week did we see stage two of a demagogues stage managed program for success – alleged attacks on his supporters by the opposition – or were they attacks by his supporters on the opposition. There appeared to be something very strange about police activity that night, just as there was when an attacker was allowed to get “dangerously” close to him, despite a huge security presence. Now do we have Trump the victim, or was it all just a brilliantly stage managed “event” ?
The last thing Trump supporters would do, is harm their hero’s election prospects but if they and he could be seen as the victims of alleged unprovoked attacks by his political opponents, what a vote winner. Trump, the man who will make America’s streets safe again, Trump the man who will also free the country from the muslim hordes.
In Trump’s America will muslims and other “undesirables” be the new jews. There is already talk of deportations for muslims even if they have lived in the US for decades and have families and businesses. In Trump’s America will they too learn to fear the knock on the door, the state seizure of their homes and businesses.
It is all too reminiscent of Hitlers early days and his eventual rise to power. A country yearning for change, knowing it will not get it from the existing entrenched political establishment and driven to support a demagogue who proclaims he is clean, he is new and only he can bring about that change and make America strong again.
In this century, with instant nationwide media coverage, the rise of a demagogue need take only a fraction of the time it took in the 1930’s. Trump does not have the time which Hitler had. He has only months rather than years in which to get his bandwagon rolling and win an election.
It will be interesting to see if Trump can or wants, to keep his supporters under control. If last weeks violence was a one off then I for one will be very happy. If not, then what will be America’s equivalent of the Reichstag fire.Will we be seeing the Koran burnt in the streets of New York and Washington?
Respect for democracy and basic human rights is a tender plant which can easily wither and die. Trump, his outrageous comments, his growing popularity and his vision of America, frighten me. Does the world need another leader addicted to a strange hairstyle.