Graphite and Lithium Are the Top Two 2023 Battery Metals says Analyst Matt Fernley

Graphite and lithium are the top two 2023 battery metals says analyst Matt Fernley.  Matt is an analyst and editor of the Battery Materials Review newsletter, which focuses on investment within the battery materials portion of the mining sector. In this interview, Fernley provides commentary on a number of topics such as battery chemistry demand, EV range/energy density versus cost, hybrid versus plug-in EVs, EU’s Critical Materials Act, and why he is bullish on graphite and lithium.

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0:00 Introduction

2:21 By percentage, what are the main segments of battery demand?

3:57 How does the EV battery demand market breakdown in terms of battery chemistry?

7:21 EV range/energy density versus cost – where is the market headed?

10:00 Heavy Equipment – Will batteries at some point dominant this sector of the market?

13:25 How is the battery market affected by the push towards high energy density technologies?

15:47 Hybrid versus plug-in vehicles?

20:22 EU’s Critical Materials Act

27:03 Grid Scale Energy Storage

32:57 Anode Chemistry

37:25 Bearish side of Battery Metals Demand?

43:42 Top 2 Critical Metals Investors should look at in 2023

44:28 What type of company should investors be looking at?