Pat48 - you cannot simply go and buy yourself a DIY flatpack VRFB assembly plant build it yourself package.
For the price of the 4MWh (typically around $800,000 per MWh) battery they could buy the entire Cellcube stock and then simply transfer the manufacturing to South Africa.
I'm not saying it is going to happen. I am saying it is not a stupid idea.
Olly4 - I've met the Cellcube (ex Gildemeister) sales and technical guys a number of times and they strike me as being on the ball. Stina is another matter altogether - I got the impression that they were simply trying to ape BMN's vertically integrated mines-to-battery model and not having an operating mine, somewhat fell short on that approach, and most certainly did not benefit from the very high Vanadium prices whilst they were with us. So having lived off of Stina investor's (apologies) for a year or two Cellcube may have survived the 2018 Vanadium price spike but may end up being absorbed by either BMN or Largo. You can forget about Glencore as they haven't got the faintest idea about technology.
given that Softbank have apparently put money into that stupid crane thing I think that what they are doing is not worth following at all as they clearly cannot have a single technical person on their decision making team.
I tend to agree - I think one might get more bang for ones buck from Cellcube.
Hopefully not as much bang as the ViZn flow battery (Iron-Zinc) flow battery which I understand recently exploded at the Headquarters of CMI (now renamed back to its historic name of John ****erill)
He is wrong about the round trip efficiencies of VRFBs being 60% - it's closer to 75% - about 10% lower than what is quoted for Lithium-ion, but you need to know what ambient temperature range the Lithium-ion is quoted on as when you go away from 15-25 deg C the Lithium ion systems have much higher parasitic losses due to the cooling for air-conditioning the batteries (or even heating them - Yes, really ! if the temperature is too cold).
MenoMosso - we are compiling a follow up letter to the FCA which will have the latest evidence and which will not be made public. Once this is done we will be post here a general outline of the complaint.
However I would suggest that each individuals experience of dealing with the FCA - any lack of transparency as to whether the your complaints are even being monitored, let alone being taken seriously and/or investigated is an experience that all MPs should be made aware of. For this to be taken seriously it is beneficial if each complainant describes their own personal situation.
You do not have to each all prove the case against those that are manipulating the price of this stock. In fact none of you can because you are all deliberately given such little information that it is impossible for any of us to prove anything. The FCA have direct access to all the trade logs and can establish who the beneficial owner behind each share trade is - they therefore have the ability to dig into what has been going and establish if the patterns of trading are down to concerted market abuse or not.
What you can all say at this point is that 'There is clear evidence of concerted and aggressive trading so as to reduce the share price as part of a shorting strategy for financial gain. This has occurred at multiple times during the last 12 months and further details can be supplied on request".
I would advise that anyone who has emailed the FCA today also send a copy to their MP - you can find out their contact details here:- https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mps/
Libero I know of people who have contacted panorama this morning. You and other may wish to contact 'Slicker' at Private Eye (strobes@private-eye.co.uk)
lui39 - we have the opportunity to select our MPs so now is the time to ask all the prospective candidates what the hell they and their parties are going to do about AIM in the future.