Solving the Tariff Crisis with Flash Joule Metal Recovery: Inside MTM's Disruptive Tech #chemistry

Thank you to MTM Critical Metals and their subsidiary Flash Metals USA. Dr. James Tour introduces MTM Critical Metals, a company transforming academic research into urban mining technologies that recover rare and valuable metals from electronic waste using flash Joule heating. The discussion outlines the scientific process, commercialization journey, and the vision to scale domestic critical mineral recovery to reduce reliance on traditional mining. --- If you would like to support us in creating more content across our different media platforms, we would greatly appreciate any support you can give. Visit jesusandscience.org/donate for details on how to give financially. God bless. Donate: jesusandscience.org/donate Facebook: https://facebook.com/drjamestour Instagram: https://instagram.com/drjamestour X/Twitter: https://x.com/drjamestour Youtube: https://youtube.com/@DrJamesTour Discord: https://discord.gg/zUgBMKjk2p Dr. Tour's Research Page - https://jmtour.com 00:00 Mountains of circuit boards and urban mining 03:00 From academic research to commercial startup 06:00 Laser-induced methods and graphene formation 09:00 Chlorination process to isolate metals 12:00 Purifying gold, gallium, and tantalum 15:00 Process for rare earths from capacitors 18:00 Recovering cobalt and samarium from magnets 22:00 Extracting lithium from U.S. ores 26:00 Energy-intensive process of making aluminum 29:00 Nanotech dreams and personal faith 32:00 CEO Michael Walsh and MTM's public model 36:00 Funding and scaling through reverse merger 41:00 Building the Flash Metals facility in Texas 45:00 Raw material sourcing and off-take plans 48:00 Hedged pricing model for circuit boards 51:00 Choosing high-value metals to target 55:00 Waste is richer than ore—urban mining vision 60:00 Repurposing leftovers for clinker cement 64:00 Refractory minerals and flash breakthrough 68:00 Working with existing kilns to scale processing 72:00 Turning trash into cash in a flash 75:00 Investing in MTM and final remarks