Key Partners
MinRizon maintains close working relationships with key individuals and organisations having specific areas of knowledge and technology pertinent to MinRizon’s business activities. Two such relationships comprise:
Allon Brent – Iron Ore Marketing
Allon has over 35 years of experience in the international minerals and metallurgical industries, having held senior management roles in Marketing, Technology/ R&D, Business Development and Operations. Allon Retired as Iron Ore Marketing Manager from BHP Billiton in 2016 and is now the Principal of Perth-based consultancy, Global Minerals Marketing.
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Allon has PhD and MS degrees in Minerals Engineering from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, USA and a B Eng from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is also a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Neil Goodman – HIsmelt Technology
Neil Goodman is the Managing Director of Smelt Tech Consulting, a Perth based company which has an agreement with the Chinese owners of the HIsmelt technology to licence the HIsmelt technology outside China. He was recently appointed CEO of Appalachian Iron, a US based company that is currently developing a HIsmelt project in West Virginia.
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Previously Neil was the General Manager of Rio Tinto's HIsmelt Corporation, responsible for the design and operation of the commercial scale HIsmelt plants in Western Australia and China.