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Joe Lowry (@globallithium on X aka Twitter & IG) and known as "Mr Lithium" is a 30 plus year industry veteran and founder of the advisory firm Global Lithium LLC. Joe hosts the original lithium podcast featuring high level guests from the lithium chemicals industry, battery, cathode, and related areas. The Global Lithium Podcast remains the 'go to' offering in this space and has been downloaded in 181 countries.
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Episode 185: Cauchari
This episode includes three guests: Mac Whale of Cormark, Cole McGill of Stifel and Daniel Jimenez of iLi Markets.
I joined the group on a site visit to Minera Exar's Cauchari operation. Minera Exar is a JV between Lithium Argentina and Ganfeng located in Jujuy Province, Argentina.
We discuss what we saw and how each guest evaluates a project that is ramping up:
1) What were they key questions they wanted answered?
2) What was their overall impression of the project?
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Episode 184: Michael Dunne
Michael Dunne (@dunne_insights) on X/Twitter is the CEO of Dunne Insights a global intelligence & advisory service that provides insights on EVs, batteries, and charging with a particular emphasis on Asia.
Topics:
Son of a "car spy"
China's lead in EVs
The demise of Detroit in China
Can the west catch-up?
BYD - the early days
China's other EV suppliers
CATL's significance
Can the US be a meaningful battery supplier?
Toyota's hybrid strategy
Should China be allowed in the US market?
Advice for POTUS
BYD in Brazil
The Art (of EV) War
How China out negotiates competitors
Vin Fast in the US
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Episode 183: Singapore Sling
This episode is brought to you by Zelandez and Mississippi Lime. It is the audio of a presentation I gave in late March at the Future Facing Commodities Event in Singapore with some additional commentary. The presentation slides can be found at: www.globallithium.net/articles
Topics:
In the beginning there was North Carolina hard rock
Questions you should be asking about the lithium market
Where did 2023 "oversupply" come from?
China battery players influence on lithium price
Increasing capital intensity
The cost curve
Negative sentiment
Demand: all about batteries in 2024
Lithium price: a many splendored thing
Bottom "price" fishing
Supply
"Swing supply"
This cycle vs the last one
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Episode 182: Jon Evans
Jon Evans (@jdevans4005 on X) is the CEO of Lithium Americas and one of the most influential leaders in the lithium industry.
Topics:
Building Thacker Pass – the largest lithium resource in
North America
The team
The project timeline
Lessons from Cauchari
Lithium through a national security lens
GM as a partner
LFP in the US
Lessons from the DOE loan process
The importance of LAC’s Tech Center
Partnering with local stakeholders
The lithium market
Dealing with the anti mining crowd
Improving price discovery
Why Jon didn’t take the easier career path
Motivating the team in hard times
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Episode 181: Seth Goldstein
Seth Goldstein (@SethGMStar1 on X) is an Equity Strategist and Chair of the Electric Vehicle Committee at Morningstar. This is his third appearance on the podcast.
Topics:
Defining a top pick at Morningstar
Why Seth believes the lithium stocks he follows are
undervalued
Bullish on LAC and Thacker Pass
LAC’s DOE loan
Incentivizing a North America battery supply chain
Lithium Argentina’s impressive start-up at Cauchari
Seth’s candid thoughts on Albemarle & their price
strategy
SQM & Arcadium
Arcadium’s long struggle with expansions
The global EV growth story
The politics of EVs in the US
BYD & Tesla
Lithium prices
CATL’s inventory “tells” & the impact on lithium demand
Lepidolite costs
ESS
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Episode 180: Andy Leyland
Andy Leyland (@andyleyland1 on X) is the founder of Supply Chain Insights (@insights_SC on X). Andy has deep experience in all aspects of the lithium ion battery supply chain.
Topics:
What Supply Chain Insights does
2023: the "rebalancing" year
The lepidolite spectrum
Lithium demand - still robust
The turnaround in ESS
Sodium ion batteries
Oversupply
Inventory levels
The future of conversion in China
Brine: "Argentina's race to lose"
Two ways of looking at price
Why is lithium forecasting so bad?
Getting info from China
Incentive prices
China's domestic lithium potential
ESG hypocrisy
Who actually paid $80/kg for lithium?
Do fixed price contracts make a comeback?
Recycling
The SCI price forecast
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