Founder & CEO @hades
Building the access layer to Earth
Critical minerals & sovereign energy
Instagram & LinkedIn: @drwernerhades.com Munich, Germany, EuropeJoined November 2022
One of those days that stays with you.
Honoured to have been asked by the @wef to join its Leaders for European Growth and Competitiveness.
The first meeting was hosted by @bundeskanzler Merz in Berlin — nearly three hours working through the economic and geopolitical questions that will define the next decade: energy, critical minerals, industrial competitiveness, strategic autonomy.
The room was a reminder of how much capability Europe still has when the right people are pulled together. Now the task is turning that into action. At @Hades Mining we are going to do our part to bring critical minerals production and energy back to Europe.
Special thanks to Alois Zwinggi, Mirek Dusek and Julia Genth for making this happen.
The next bottleneck for European defence may not be weapons.
It may be critical raw materials.
Without secure mineral supply chains, defence spending does not automatically translate into defence capabilities.
Looking forward to discussing this and presenting @Hades at New Age Defence.
That was fun! Thanks for having me @handelsblatt at the TECH 2026 conference.
Lots to do to secure our future of Energy and Minerals in Europe but with great people like Carsten Dülfer, @christianmiele , Gideon Schwich we have a fighting chance. Lets goo.
Special thanks to @schimroszik for the fantastic moderation.
Wenn selbst die US-Rüstungsindustrie um mehr Zeit bittet, sollten in Europa die Alarmglocken schrillen.
Hat Deutschland überhaupt eine Rohstoffstrategie für industrielle Konkurrenz unter geopolitischem Druck? Oder reden wir noch immer über Lieferketten wie vor 10 Jahren?
ft.com/content/4d6651…
Zweite Woche bei @Hades.
Besuch im Headquater.
Der Laser liefert.
Industrielle Stärke beginnt in der Mine.
Wir bauen die Technologie dafür.
Stay tuned.
Wer bei kritischen Rohstoffen abhängig bleibt, wird auch technologisch abhängig bleiben.
Deshalb freue ich mich sehr, seit 01.05. bei @Hades zu arbeiten.
Rohstoffförderung ist keine reine Industriefrage mehr.
Sie ist eine Technologie- und geopolitische Souveränitätsfrage.
The exact split is no longer disclosed since the German entity was carved out of the 2024 Eni deal.
Pre-2024, CIC held 49%. Companies typically list shareholders by stake size. Rarely a coincidence.
Independence isn't where you drill. It's who owns the company.
Germany just confirmed 43 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent under the Altmark — one of the world's largest project-based lithium resources.
The press calls it independence. The cap table tells a different story.
#CriticalMinerals#StrategicAutonomy#Lithium
Die genaue Anteilsverteilung wird seit dem Carve-out aus dem Eni-Deal Anfang 2024 nicht mehr öffentlich ausgewiesen. Vor dem Verkauf war sie es: CIC 49 %, Carlyle 30,6 %, CVC 20,4 %. Dass Unternehmen ihre Gesellschafter in der Regel nach Beteiligungshöhe auflisten, ist keine Garantie — aber selten Zufall.
reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2024/0…
Unabhängig wovon @focusonline ?
Größter Einzelaktionär von Neptune Energy — der Firma, die auf diesen 43 Mio. Tonnen sitzt — ist mit 49% die China Investment Corporation. Der chinesische Staatsfonds.
Strategische Autonomie fängt beim Eigentümer an, nicht beim Bohrloch.
In Deutschland wurden 43 Millionen Tonnen Lithium entdeckt. In Sachsen-Anhalt soll ein altes Gasfeld den Batterie-Rohstoff für E-Autos liefern. focus.de/earth/mit-43-m…
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