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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Global Lithium Podcast, the Best, Worst, and First of its kind.
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Lithium Jubilee is a podcast about Victorian Era minutiae. Much like the era, we aim to be equal parts fancy and ridiculous. Join us!
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پادکست «لیتیوم» جایی هست که آدمها با ترسها و غمهاشون مواجه میشن و در مورد اونها صحبت میکنن
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I answer listener questions on this episode. Topics: The Future of DLE Argentina production in 2025 Black Swan events Can the US work with China? The Pilbara/LRS deal Is it time for more M&A? US production in 2030 EU lithium potential Hard rock vs brine The Salton Sea Is LFP the future? Oversupply - how long? SQM as a barometer of price Rapid fire…
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Lisa Rebora is the Head of Global Lithium at Equinor, a global energy company (NYSE: EQNR). Equinor recently invested in two of Standard Lithium's projects in Arkansas and Texas but has lithium ambitions beyond the US. Topics: Who is Equinor? Capital commitment to low carbon solutions Why lithium? The long look at DLE Why Arkansas & Texas? The rela…
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Episode 192 Iola Hughes (Rho Motion)
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Iola Hughes is the Head of Research at Rho Motion, a battery information services company that is part of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. Iola is @RhoMoIola on X Topics: Cathode chemistry GWH growth numbers China's amazing performance Pack sizes The EV slowdown (ex China) ICE-EV price parity Does BYD need the US? Will Tesla get the boot in China? R…
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My guest is industry veteran Daniel Jimenez. This is my first live podcast recorded in Fastmarket's "Live Lounge" during their recent Lithium and Battery Raw Materials Conference in Las Vegas. Topics: Lithium market sentiment Excess capacity across the lithium ion battery supply chain Recalibrating unrealistic North American and EU EVexpectations A…
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My guests are Standard Lithium CEO Robert Mintak and Dr Andy Robinson, President and COO. Topics: Equinor - another great partner Focusing on high grade brine De-risking DLE with Koch Project timelines What the OEMs are looking for Why the Smackover is so significant 3 projects with a consistent flowsheet The Equinor deal structure Arkansas & Texas…
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I take a deep dive into Ganfeng's history and what drove their success. I question why the world's largest lithium company, Albemarle, doesn't have the same vision and ability to get things done as Ganfeng. The episode opens with MLC CEO Paul Hogan briefly explaining why lithium may be a significant part of his company's future.…
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Over the years SQM has declined multiple invitations to be a guest on the podcast. I am devoting this episode to my thoughts on SQM: past, present and future.
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My guests are Gene Morgan and Clint Van Marrewijk, founders of brinefield services provider ZelandezGene is @ZelandezGene on Twitter/X Clint is @Clint_Van on Twitter/X Topics: The "Schlumberger" of lithium Speeding up brine projects "ErLi" - modular lithium production The impact of price cycles Operating in Argentina vs Chile vs Bolivia Water use T…
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In this episode I give my current thoughts on price as well as discussing my past calls both good & bad. I explain how I believe China has taken control of the lithium price narrative and the spodumene market, why I think brine based lithium returns to the lithium pole position in the coming decade and then I answer listener questions on everything…
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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 …
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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 suppl…
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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…
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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 inNorth 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 loa…
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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 areundervalued Bullish on LAC and Thacker Pass LAC’s DOE loan Incentivizing a North America batt…
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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 Oversupp…
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A solo episode. What I see in 2024 off the top of my head. I recorded it but haven't listened to it yet. Topics: Woodmac and the damage done. A couple WA ASX updates Price - where to from here? Why the press doesn't get lithium DLE The comeback of brine A lot of shout outs
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Blair Way is the CEO of Patriot Battery Metals (@Patriot_Battery on X aka Twitter) PMET on the TSXV, PMT on the ASX and PMETF on the OTC Topics: Humble beginnings in Quebec The maiden resource Drill program The team How big a resource? The lake Production timing Realistic goals Why scale matters The “Brinsden” effect Albemarle Top 3 challenges Will…
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My guests are Chris Berry (@cberry1 on X) and Daniel Jimenez (@D_Jimenez_Sch on X). Both gentlemen are multi episode guests that bring a wealth of expertise to any lithium conversation. We discuss the highlights and lowlights of a dramatic year in lithium and also look to the year ahead.
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Patrick Howarth leads the lithium effort within ExxonMobil’s Low Carbon Solutions Group. Exxon is currently drilling lithium brine wells in Arkansas with a plan to be in commercial production by 2027 using Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE). The company intends to become a major lithium producer by 2030. Exxon also developed the first lithium ion batt…
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Ernie Ortiz is the CEO of Lithium Royalty Corp (@Lithium_Royalty on X). Topics: Ernie's backstory The LRC business model Primary vs secondary royalties Building the portfolio Why the focus on hard rock assets? The team The brand Does market negativity create opportunity? Price Competition ESG The IRA Improving lithium industry performance Rapid fir…
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A solo episode where I discuss my recent trip to Korea & Japan, price & index worries, and offer a lithium history less. Topics: Korean worries about the IRA Japan: the land of the "setting sun"? How many legacy OEMs survive? Price - what's next? Concern about the usefulness of indexes SQM ALB #ChrisGina Argentina elections…
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Part 2 with the Money of Mine podcast team: Matt Michael,Travis Ricciardo, and Jonas “JD” Dorling. The Money of Mine Podcast began in April of this year whenMatt, Travis and JD quit their day jobs to beginbuilding a “media empire.”I met them on a trip to Australia in Septemberand was invited to be a guest on their show. I am now a regular listener.…
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Episode 172: Team Money of Mine (part 1)
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My guests are the Money of Mine podcast team: Matt Michael, Travis Ricciardo and Jonas "JD" Dorling.The Money of Mine Podcast began in April of this yearwhen Matt, Travis and JD quit their day jobs to begin building their "media empire". I met them on a trip to Australia in September whenthey invited me to be a guest on their show – a link to that …
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Tu Le is the Founder and Managing Director of Sino Auto Insights. He is also co-host of the China EVs & More Podcast. @SinoAutoInsight on X Topics: The UAW Strike The future of the "Big 3" US automakers Tesla's huge EV lead in the US Modifying IRA rules The long road to NA/EU battery competitiveness The German auto retreat in China EV = battery & s…
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Iggy Tan is the Non-Executive Chairman of Lithium Universe (ASX: LU7) and the Managing Director of Altech Chemicals. He was formerly the CEO of Galaxy Lithium. Topics: The Backstory At Greenbushes in the 1990s Trying to make carbonate in Oz in the 1990s Iggy’s time at Galaxy Mt Cattlin and Zhangjiagang China’s first “western” lithium plant Building…
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A summary of my recent 12 day trip to Australia.
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Tony Ottaviano is the CEO of Liontown resources. This episode was recorded at Liontown's offices in Perth, Australia the day after I visited their Kathleen Valley project. Topics: Building a culture Alignment The onboarding experience Relationship with the Tjiwarl The Dragonfly camp design Using renewable energy Empowerment Documentation & control …
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Lithium Americas will separate into two entities in thefourth quarter of 2023. LAC’s South American assets will become Lithium Argentina (@Lithium_ARG on X aka Twitter). I spent a few days with the team last week in Buenos Aires and Salta, Argentina. Recording a podcast seemed like a natural thing to do. JohnKanellitsas, Franco Mignacco, Ignacio Ce…
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On this episode I enlist the help of Rene LeBlanc & Tara Berrie to help me answer listener questions that cover a broad cross section of interests from how to evaluate lithium projects to the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act to where price may be heading. Shout outs to Daniel Jimenez and Chris Berry.…
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Denis Geoffroy is the Chief Commercialization Officer atNano One. Denis has spent a quarter of a century in the lithium ion battery space and was responsible for the only commercial North American LFP operation in Candiac, Quebec. We discuss his journey in LFP and how Nano One’s “One Pot” technology will enable a resurgence of LFP production in Nor…
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Chris Gale is the founder and MD of Latin Resources. www.latinresources.com.au / @LatinRes on Twitter Topics: Backstory – the long, winding road to lithium Raising capital Going to South America How a lithium explorer survives Why Brazil? The long odds against explorers becoming producers Upgrading the resource Learning from Sigma’s experience What…
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Tu Le is the founder & Managing Director of Sino Auto Insights (@SinoAutoInsight on Twitter) and a Co-Host of the China EVs & More Podcast. Tu had significant experience with at Ford, GM and Apple before making his way to China and the EV world. Topics: China's current & future position in the global EV market Average battery sizes The return of EV…
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Ron Mitchell is the Managing Director of Global Lithium Resources (ASX GL1) and a veteran of the lithium industry with more than a decade of prior experience at Talison and Tianqi. Topics: Ron’s backstory Early days doing business in China Building relationships Negotiating in China How does the industry 10X supply? Ron’s spodumene price “crystal b…
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John Worth is the CEO and MD of geo40 a technology company based in New Zealand engaged in low carbon recovery of minerals from geothermal fluids. They currently produce colloidal silica at commercial scale from geothermal streams in New Zealand and are leveraging that technology to provide direct lithium extraction (DLE) to a variety of asset type…
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I speak with three podcast listeners who are also keen lithium investors - Nathan Wolyniec from Brisbane Australia; John McElroy, a Green Beret with more than 1,000 parachute jumps originally from Syracuse, NY and David Cebalo a retired investor from Indiana. We discuss what drew them to investing in lithium stocks, how they research companies and …
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There are two guests on this episode: Daniel Jimenez & David Guerrero. Both have been on the podcast multiple times. You will get perspective on Chile's new lithium strategy/policy from both sides of the Andes. We also discuss the lithium price and lithium development in Argentina. We probe the possibility of changes to Argentina's royalty structur…
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I presented "The Lithium Decade" in Singapore last week at the Future Facing Commodities conference. Select slides from the presentation will be available on the Global Lithium website.
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Peter Hannah (@PHmetals on Twitter) is a senior manager at Fastmarkets. This is Peter's second appearance. His first appearance in June, 2022 was in the top ten of all episodes to date. We discuss the current pricing situation: the volatility in China with spot price dropping vs rising contract prices elsewhere, supply and demand, the future of lep…
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Daniel Jimenez is the MD of iLi Markets and a director of Galan Lithium. He has deep experience in lithium after spending almost three decades at SQM before starting his own firm. This is Daniel's fourth appearance on the podcast. In this episode we have a detailed discussion on current and future supply by region in the face of unprecedented deman…
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Jigar Shah (@JigarShahDC on Twitter) is the director of the Loan Programs Office at the Department of Energy. Mr. Shah was formerly the co-founder and President at Generate Capital, where he focused on helping entrepreneurs accelerate decarbonization solutions through the use of low-cost infrastructure-as-a service financing. Jigar also has the bes…
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Emilie Bodoin is the CEO of Pure Lithium. Pure Lithium is on a mission to change the way batteries are made. Topics: The current state of lithium metal technology Brine direct to lithium metal - the ultimate DLE? Lithium ion batteries: a successful compromise Making lithium metal batteries a reality Mentors: Dr Donald Sadoway & Robert Friedland The…
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Episode 153: LAC - GM, The Thacker Pass Decision, & "Patriot Games"
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This is a solo episode where I discuss: The recent General Motors investment in Lithium Americas The Thacker Pass decision Rumors regarding Mineral Resources interest in Patriot Battery Metals Another round of bad lithium analysis from a large bank. And a shout out to Seth Goldstein at Morningstar
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Episode 152: Sigma Lithium - Ana Cabral
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My guest is Ana Cabral the Co-CEO of Sigma Lithium Sigma is in the process of starting up the most significant hard rock project in South America Topics: Commissioning and start-up Sigma’s value proposition for the battery industry Spodumene to lithium chemicals conversion ratios Sustainability The market for tailings The team Becoming a 100K MT LC…
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Episode 151: Lithium 2023 - "Great Expectations"
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This short solo episode takes a look at the lithium year that just ended but more importantly what to expect in 2023. Brought to you by brinefield services company Zelandez. DYOR - the Global Lithium Podcast does not present ANY investment advice.
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Episode 150: Chris Berry & Listener Questions
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Chris Berry (@cberry1 on Twitter) is the founder of Mountain House Partners, a Washington DC based advisory firm. He is also a sought after commentator on the lithium ion battery metals space. Nothing said on the podcast should be considered investment advice. DYOR - do your own research. Topics in this episode: The biggest lithium surprise of 2022…
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Peter Oliver has been one of the most influential people in the lithium industry over the past two decades. He spent 18 years at Talison – 12 years as CEO/Managing Director and later was a Non-Executive Director. Peter guided Talison through the acquisition by Tianqi Lithium in 2013 and then served as an advisor to Tianqi when they sold 49% of Tali…
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Episode 148: Cam Henry & John Young
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John Young is the Non-Executive Chairman of Green Technology Metals (ASX: GT1) and a Co-Founder of leading lithium producer Pilbara Minerals. Cam Henry is the Founder and CEO of Primero, an EPC company that serves many industries but stands alone as the leading company serving the hard rock lithium space. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Gree…
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JP Vargas is the Managing Director of Galan Lithium Topics: Galan's Hombre Muerto West resource in Argentina Permitting The chloride strategy The Team The most significant project challenges Relationship with the Catamarca Government Rapid Fire
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Episode 146: Lithium & Travel Update - Chile, Reno, Camino & Oz
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This is a short episode with a focus on my recent trip to Chile as well as my time on the Camino in Portugal & Spain, a short visit to Reno and upcoming trip to Australia. If you want to skip the brief comments on the Camino trek I recently completed, fast forward to minute three: Mentions: Summit Nanotech, SQM, Albemarle, LAC, CORFO, Daniel Jimene…
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Henry Sanderson (@hjesanderson on Twitter) is an author and executive editor at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. He was previously with the Financial Times. His recently published book Volt Rush is a must reader for anyone interested in EVs, critical metals and the energy transition. Topics: Henry’s reason for writing Volt Rush The rags to riches st…
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