March 22, 2024

The Battery Metals Opportunity (Matt Fernley Interview)

Money Miners, we’ve got the interview for all your battery metals questions

We had a conversation with Matt Fernley (founder of Battery Materials Review & Head of Research at Westbeck Capital) to talk about lithium cost curves, inventories, Chinese dominance, EV sales, the rise of plug-in hybrids, how governments impact the markets plus nickel, graphite, manganese, cobalt & more!

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(0:00:00)Introduction

(0:01:45)Why were lithium predictions so wrong in 2023

(0:04:32)The story of lithium inventories 

(0:08:39)Chinese lepidolites changing the game

(0:15:16)Incentive price doesn't equal breakeven price

(0:19:06)Chaning conversions costs for lithium

(0:22:19)How with China's EV domination play out

(0:28:32)The massive role of governments in Evs

(0:31:45)Is the consensus EV sales forecast wrong?

(0:35:15)Plug-In Hybrids the big growth market

(0:42:33)Will we see a nickel green premium

(0:48:59)Will the EU support the manganese market

(0:50:39)Graphite market - Flake vs Spherical

(0:55:12)Does cobalt have a future in batteries

(0:59:11)Under-rated vs Over-rated