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James Rilett is the CPTO at Open Mineral, a startup offering metal commodity trade solutions enabled by a commercial and market intelligence platform. He holds a BA in International History from The London School of Economics and Political Science and previously worked as a consultant and derivatives trader before joining Open Mineral in 2022.
Open Mineral advances the trade of base metal raw materials and secondary products using technology and analytics. They are based in Switzerland but operate worldwide, and have so far raised CHF 40M in funds. They mainly trade in copper, zinc, lead and gold, which are crucial for the current energy transition. They also take care only to work with reputable providers who follow the strictest ESG guidelines, so as to avoid things like arsenic poisoning for the people involved in the transportation of these metals.
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