We are extremely grateful to the following organizations for helping us continue our important work of linking energy, defense, international trade and resource policies. For more information on how to become a TREM '11 conference sponsor, please contact us. We would like to thank the following companies for their support:
Diamond Sponsor
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. is a world-class specialty chemicals and advanced materials company committed to delivering exceptional value through continued leadership in customer service, quality, on-time delivery and innovative technology. Rockwood Holdings has grown through acquisition and expansion and is currently composed of 10 individual business units.Chemetall Lithium and Fine Chemicals is the world's leading manufacturer of lithium-based compounds and an innovative developer of metal-based fine chemicals for use in specialty applications. Chemetall's lithium-based compounds are used in a variety of high growth applications, including base chemicals for numerous industries, drug intermediates, elastomers for car tires and rubber soles, lithium batteries, thermoplastic materials and high performance greases. Chemetall has lithium production facilities in the United States, Chile, Germany and Taiwan.
Gold Sponsors
American Vanadium is currently developing its 100% controlled Gibellini Project in Nevada along with several adjacent vanadium properties while evaluating strategic vanadium market related opportunities. Gibellini's world-class NI 43-101 compliant vanadium resource, together with the project's significantly low cost (open pit, heap leach), represents the opportunity for American Vanadium to become North America's only primary producer of vanadium. The Gibellini Project currently has its permitting and detailed engineering underway. With mine production projected to reach an average 11.4 million pounds of vanadium pentoxide per year, Gibellini could potentially supply approximately 5% of current global vanadium demand. And with Gibellini's production process uniquely designed to yield vanadium pentoxide and battery grade vanadium, American Vanadium's executive team is actively seeking opportunities for off take agreements and vertical integration with both the steel production and clean tech mass energy storage/battery production industries.
American Vanadium trades on the TSX Venture Exchange as a tier-one company under the symbol AVC, on the OTC Bulletin Board Exchange under the symbol RMRCF, and on the Frankfurt Exchange under the symbol 0UA.
Molycorp Minerals, LLC, with headquarters in Greenwood Village, Colorado, is a private, U.S. rare earth producer and technology company. We own and operate the only commercialized Rare Earth resource in the Western Hemisphere at Mountain Pass, California. As the owner of the world’s most abundant rare earth deposit outside of China, and a leader in rare earth technology, Molycorp Minerals supplies a variety of rare earth materials that are critical to emerging Green Energy technologies, High-Tech applications and numerous Defense Systems. Applications such as Hybrid Electric Vehicles, wind turbines and energy efficient lighting are critically dependent on Rare Earth elements.
Nation-E Switzerland is the solution for energy independence. Specializing in double grid stabilization ( a combination of large energy storage in MWh , smart meter + load management) Nation-E can provide central or decentralized solutions for smarter, safer and well monitored grids.The results are easier feed in of renewables, less CO2 emission and a self healing grid. As well, our battery provides Uninterrupted Power Supply(UPS)stationary or mobile in case of power failure,blackouts and areas of crisis.In addition, our Angel Car(mobile charging station)reduces anxiety of moving towards EVs and reducing our dependency of foreign oil.
Silver Sponsors
Global Cobalt Corporation is a new multinational cobalt exploration and development company with world-class assets in Russia, Mongolia and Canada. Global Cobalt's new flagship asset is a Russian project of which the current size and scale, as well as potential, make it one of the largest known primary sources of the strategic metal cobalt. Recognizing cobalt as one of the world’s essential elements due to the increasing movement towards environmental sustainability, the electrification of the automobile and the significant appetite for consumer electronics such as mobile phones and laptops, Global Cobalt is growing through the acquisition of tactical mineral assets while aggressively expanding and exploring existing properties to supply the growing demand for the strategic metal - COBALT.
Quest Rare Minerals Ltd. is a Canadian-based, exploration company focused on the identification and discovery of new world-class Rare Earth deposit opportunities. The Company is publicly-listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and NYSE Amex as “QRM” and is led by a highly-respected management and technical team with a proven mine-finding track record. Quest is currently advancing several high-potential rare earth projects in Canada’s premier rare earth exploration areas: the Strange Lake and Misery Lake areas of northeastern Québec and the Plaster Rock area of northwestern New Brunswick. Quest continues to pursue high-value project rare earth opportunities throughout North America.
Rare Element Resources Ltd is a publicly traded company having 100% interest in the Bear Lodge Property in Wyoming, USA, which contains one of the largest disseminated rare-earth (REE) deposits in North America (US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1049D) as well as extensive gold occurrences. The Bear Lodge Project has high grade light REE and significant quantities of heavy REE, favorable metallurgy, outstanding infrastructure, and it is located in one of the world's best mining jurisdictions.
Bronze Sponsors
Ucore Rare Metals (TSX-V:UCU) is an exploration company with significant exploration holdings across North America. The company's Alaska-based flagship property at Bokan Mountain is the site of a former high grade producing uranium mine, with an estimated untapped resource of 11 million + lbs of U3O8, and a Rare Earth Elements (REE) resource that is estimated to be the largest combined heavy and light REE deposit within the United States (all estimates based on USGS data; non 43-101 compliant). Bokan has near term production potential and is located in an area of Alaska specifically set aside for natural resource development, with no residential or indigenous populations in proximity. With a prospective portfolio of properties and a management team comprised of experienced mineral exploration personnel, Ucore is positioned for rapid expansion in a sector exhibiting exponential growth.
Talison Lithium is a leading global producer of lithium and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX Code: TLH). Talison Lithium’s headquarters are in Perth, Western Australia and the Company has over 140 employees located in Australia, Canada, Chile and China.
Talison Lithium currently produces lithium concentrate at its lithium mineral project in Western Australia located in the town of Greenbushes. The lithium orebody at Greenbushes is unique in that it contains large zones of high grade lithium ore. Lithium has been produced from the Greenbushes operations for over 25 years and Talison Lithium currently exports over 350,000 tonnes of lithium products annually to a global customer base. Talison Lithium also has a lithium brine project located in the Atacama Region III, in Chile. This prospective exploration project consists of seven salars (brine lakes and surrounding concessions). Five of the salars are clustered within a radius of approximately 30kms and are 100% owned by Talison Lithium and its Chilean partners.
Patrons
American Elements is the world's manufacturer of engineered & advanced materials with a catalog of over 12,000 materials including rare earth metals, alloys, compounds and nanoparticles; high purity metals, chemicals, semiconductors and minerals; and crystal-grown materials for commercial & research applications including automotive, aerospace, military, medical, electronic, and green/clean technologies. American Elements maintains research and laboratory facilities in the U.S. and manufacturing/warehousing in the U.S., Europe, China & Brazil. The complete catalog of advanced and engineered materials can be found at americanelements.com.
Supporting Organizations and Media Partners
The Minor Metal Trade Association (MMTA) serves to benefit and promote the interests of its international membership, comprising companies actively involved in all aspects of the international trade of these metals in all their various forms. If you have a commercial interest in these metals and would like to know more about the work of the MMTA, or if you simply wish to discover more about this intriguing group of metals, this site will provide answers to many of your questions.The MMTA works by electing members from individual companies who serve the interests of all members as a whole. Equally, our work would not be complete if it were not for frequent communication between the committees and our members. It is now possible to email the various committees. Please visit the contact us section.As a non-profit making organisation, membership fees not only allow the MMTA to carry out its important administrative functions, but contribute directly to the investment in our collective future as an industry as witnessed by this site.
From mine to market, Industrial Minerals (IM) provides global intelligence for the nonmetallic minerals industry. Since 1967 IM has grown to be the established authoritative source of information for all aspects of the industrial minerals industry, helping companies understand the dynamics and complexities of the nonmetallic mineral supply chain from a commercial viewpoint. IM serves the industry through its monthly magazine with detailed review features and analysis, and online through www.indmin.com providing daily news, latest mineral prices, email alerts, weekly focus feature, and access to archived IM editorial back to 1999. IM also organises focused industry events.
The United States Magnetic Materials Association was founded in 2006 by magnet manufacturers Thomas & Skinner, Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana; Hoosier Magnetics of Ogdensburg, New York; and Electron Energy Corporation of Landisville, Pennsylvania, to advocate on behalf of the specialty metals clause found at 10 U.S.C. 2533b. U.S. Rare Earths, Inc. joined in 2009 to expand the group’s focus to support the reintroduction of a competitive rare earth supply chain in the United States.
At J.A. Green & Company, we strive to give our clients a unique and rewarding relationship by focusing on a small number of high potential clients. With over 14 years of Department of Defense and Capitol Hill experience, the Green team stands ready to meet your government relations and strategic planning needs in an ever-changing political environment. In Washington, D.C. timing is everything. Whether your business is a long-time player in the Capitol region or a first-time entrant into the world of government relations, consulting and lobbying, we will strive to provide you with the right solution at the right time.
Now completing its 2nd year, the IAGS Journal of Energy Security (JES) relies solely on the generosity of our donors to be able to deliver information, research, insight and hard data on global energy security issues. Over the past 24 months we have published over 80 pieces of original research from African, South American, North American, European, Asian and Middle Eastern scholars, policy makers and practitioners. The JES attracts over 30,000 discrete reads per month from countries, governments, businesses and individuals around the world. During this busy and important time of year we will work through the holidays to keep you posted on where energy security is headed. No other organization does the work of the JES. We hope that our publication helps in the work that you do. Please consider donating to the Journal of Energy Security to strengthen, broaden and deepen our global coverage. IAGS is a publicly supported, nonprofit organization under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. All contributions are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
Corporate Profile Minute can be heard each week during The Larry Kudlow Show on WABC in New York, the #1 talk-radio station in America. Some of America’s largest corporations have taken advantage of Corporate Profile Minute to successfully communicate to the investing public. These include Wal-Mart, Newmont Mining, Kraft Foods, Hewlett-Packard, Delta Airlines, and Allstate Insurance. Dale Jackson, the writer and producer of Corporate Profile Minute, is a veteran of both Wall Street and network broadcasting, designing successful media campaigns for mutual funds, NYSE member firms, and numerous corporations. In addition to working in-house for CBS, ABC, PBS, and CNNfn, he has hosted financial television programs featuring prominent executives and national leaders. In the course of his election as America’s 40th president, Ronald Reagan appeared for a televised interview with Mr. Jackson to outline his vision for the nation’s economy.
