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Indeed http://www.industriall-union.org/special-report-glencore-the-commodities-giant-with-no-soul is no exactly a glowing reference

RichKen - with Brazil not that bothered about a local steel industry or viewing Vanadium as a strategic asset that would seem entirely possible and unlikely to be blocked by any competition law. The same could not be said of South Africa where an equivalent offer for (entirely hypothetically) BMN would likely be blocked by the competition commission there.

So Glencore getting to buy Largo V2O5 at lower cost - I do hope that they are selling the stuff straight on to their customers at these prices and not simply stockpiling it for when prices are higher later in the year.

Just saying....

bassguy - seems like admin are having to put the hours in as well on this sunny spring bank holiday morning.

On behalf of all those on this BMN board, and in the wider communities, I would like to thank admin for tackling their job so diligently. It really has made a difference to the quality of this board.

It would be nice to be able to reward these people in an appropriate manner, but alas the only way seems to be via recommending this post.

Still if we get 100 recommendations for this post I will contact LSE admin and see if there is any way that the BMN community can provide some token of thanks for all their hard work.

Nice data Pdub and great work Paludina in finding this source of information:- https://www.thebushveldperspective.com/blog/public-articles-1/post/nitrovan-shipments-to-the-us-183

We were talking about this some time ago:- https://twitter.com/bobbyllew/status/1120227628739432450

I had not come across before:- E22

https://energystoragesolutions.com/energy-storage-systems/

"In E22 we strongly advocate for large–scale storage solutions that are robust, proven and bankable, cost effective, long lasting and easy-to-build. Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) is our technology and the Fastrack Product Development our methodology. "

Pdub - thanks for noting the discussion (if it can be called that) re BMN between Troajan and strider on a completely different board.

If proof were needed that these sorts of people are precisely the sort of “complete hypocrites that inhabit these boards” (your words strider) then this is it.

Completely insane swanseayellow.

FeverTree has a MC of £3.6 Billion on a pre-tax profit last year of £76M but at least it pays a dividend.

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/ilkley-moor-fire-scenes-of-devastation-after-fire-crews-battled-large-fire-overnight-1-9724522

in April

what is it going to be like in august?
In 10 years time ?

Those who don't think climate change is real need to wake up and smell the burning moor.

Even VanadiumPrice.com are now showing Chinese FeV up 2% now

https://www.vanadiumprice.com/

Headancer - can you contact me

This is why Fire Captain Matthew Paiss of Energy Response Solutions confirms that ONLY VRFB batteries are safe from fire:-

http://energyresponsesolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/VRB_SafetyReport.pdf

I quote:-

"Vanadium flow battery systems offer significant safety advantages relative to li-ion in
the areas of short-circuit fault, arc-flash / blast, “stranded” energy, fire suppression,
and deflagration. "

This one is the Fluence/APS 2MW Lithium-ion battery at Surprise in Arizona, installed in November 2016.

https://blog.fluenceenergy.com/aps-aes-bring-energy-storage-to-arizona-customers

Not a fire it seems this time, but instead an explosion, with 8 firefighters injured:- https://www.abc15.com/news/region-west-valley/surprise/fd-four-firefighters-injured-in-surprise-hazmat-incident

https://www.firehouse.com/safety-health/news/21077221/eight-az-firefighters-one-critically-in-a-large-utility-battery-explosion

I hope nobody dies as a result of this one, we've been lucky so far but this might be the time that we're not.

This is why VRFB's are better - they cannot explode or burn.

Pdub - indeed Vanadiumprice.com has been somewhat behind the curve compared with what we have seen here:- https://www.thebushveldperspective.com/vanadium-prices

eg 22 March 2019 - V2O5 $/lb

TBP Min $13.24 , Max $14.5

Vanadiumprice.com China $15.9 , Europe $16.4

If our sources are showing that the Vanadium price is moving up then sorry mick-b you have missed the boat if you are still quoting Vanadiumprice.com

I like the guys at Vanadiumprice.com though, they are doing their best.

4 Million dollars worth shipped to the US last week:- https://www.thebushveldperspective.com/blog/public-articles-1/post/nitrovan-shipments-to-the-us-183

Indeed Ras is partner at Hindsight Financial & Commercial Solutions (Pty) Limited, a boutique corporate finance firm servicing the energy, logistics and resources industry.

Zebediah - as I have actually spoken face to face with one of the people who helped set up the Eskom battery storage test centre I can confirm that they clearly understand the need for energy storage and will not be running pilot projects forever.

Furthermore that person, Pat Frampton, now also works for Bushveld Energy.

https://www.thebushveldperspective.com/blog/public-articles-1/post/eskom-battery-site-visit-410