Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

📣 Jaebum Park, Senior Principal Researcher at POSCO Research Institute, is speaking at #GigaAPAC 2024. Jaebum’s expertise will be lent to the panel discussion - Battery Innovation, Cathodes & Anodes: Advanced material manufacturing. 🌏 Giga Asia Pacific comes to Perth, Australia on 11-12 September. Secure your tickets and be at the centre of discussion for the region’s #lithiumion battery and #energytransition supply chains ➡ https://lnkd.in/edfhSDtZ

Benchmark Battery Recycling Webinar ♻ Global Battery Recycling Outlook: How the West Competes with Asia's Advanced Infrastructure 📆 Thursday 25 July 🕖 07:00 or 15:00 (GMT 1) ➡ Register now: https://lnkd.in/eDd2TX8H Battery #recycling is an essential part of the supply chain, not only for meeting long-term demand but also aligning with #sustainability policies mandating circularity. With Asia’s overcapacity for recycling, higher purchasing power and advanced infrastructure - how can the Western recycling landscape compete? Benchmark speakers: Sarah Colbourn - Acting Head of Sustainability Beatrice Browning, PhD - Senior Analyst (Recycling) Frederick Bloomfield - Price Analyst (Black Mass)

📉 In June 2024, prismatic NCM811 #lithiumionbattery cell prices in China fell marginally by 1.9% m-o-m as declining feedstock prices weighed on processing costs. Despite the Chinese #nickel sulphate price environment having improved across H1 2024, a 10.9% drop in nickel prices across June compounded with persistent weak Chinese #lithium hydroxide prices to further push NCM prices downwards. 💡 Benchmark's Lithium Ion Battery Cell Price Assessment publishes 50 price grades every month to support supply contract settlement, indexation and price risk management. Learn more and request a sample report ➡ https://lnkd.in/eTzQAqkU

🔎 Have cobalt prices reached a floor? Benchmark Principal Analyst Will Talbot recently sat down with Benchmark Source to discuss #cobalt market dynamics and rumours of an upcoming cobalt metal stockpile in China. Watch the full Analyst Insights video here ➡ https://lnkd.in/eGJ7JNdt Can’t access this content? Request a free trial of Benchmark Source ➡ https://lnkd.in/eSG5_vuh

⚡ Join Benchmark at our flagship event: Benchmark Week 2024 Since 2016, Benchmark Week has been the centre-piece gathering for the world’s #lithiumion battery supply chain and the wider #energytransition. 📆 12-14 November  📍 The Ritz Carlton, Marina del Rey, Los Angeles, USA This is Benchmark's largest and most high-profile event of the year, once again bringing together global policy makers, investors and leaders from across the automotive, new energy and #criticalmineral supply chains. Included as part of Benchmark Week's tickets are our returning events: 🔋 Cathodes 2024 and Graphite Anodes 2024 🔋 Secure your tickets now ⬇  https://lnkd.in/g4-SGRuY

💡 Benchmark is delighted to have Hon. Reece Whitby MLA, Western Australian Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Action, speaking at #GigaAPAC 2024. Whitby will join us to set the stage for two days of industry-leading presentations, networking and dealmaking centred around the #energytransition ecosystem. Explore the agenda and secure your place at Giga Asia Pacific, coming to Perth on 11-12 September ➡ https://lnkd.in/gWvMfpnw

🏆 Benchmark CEO Simon Moores attended King Charles III’s reception at Windsor Castle to receive The King's Awards for Enterprise on behalf of the business. In May 2024, it was announced that Benchmark had been recognised with the King’s Awards for Enterprise in the category of International Trade, the most prestigious business awards in the UK. Over the course of a decade, Benchmark has scaled a completely unique prices, data and market intelligence offering. Our original mission of creating the industry’s most robust, granular price mechanisms and forecasts for #criticalmineral and #energytransition supply chains remains at the core of what we do today. It’s been a busy few weeks with our first ever acquisition of Rho Motion, to now be welcomed by the King at the historic Windsor Castle. Thank you to King Charles III and Former PM Rishi Sunak and their teams for this great honour.

📑 Request Benchmark's Special Issue - Direct Lithium Extraction Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technologies hold much promise, but hurdles remain before the unconventional becomes conventional. As the world races to decarbonise, #lithium to feed the rapidly-growing #battery industry is facing an impending supply crunch. This imbalance threatens to derail the battery industry as it enters the terawatt-hour era. 🔎 Is #DLE the key to bridging lithium’s supply gap? Request a copy here ➡ https://lnkd.in/esE-5iq6 Special thanks to our sponsors: Evove Standard Lithium Lilac Solutions Zelandez CleanTech Lithium (AIM: CTL) #directlithiumextraction

BHP has announced it will close its flagship Nickel West operation in Western Australia later this year, blaming an oversupply of #nickel resulting from the ramp up of low-cost supply originating from Indonesia. “Like others in the Australian nickel sector, we have not been able to overcome the substantial economic challenges driven by a global oversupply of nickel,” said Geraldine Slattery, BHP’s Australia president, in announcing the closure. Benchmark Source shares more detail below ⬇ https://lnkd.in/e7MWGVB8 Request a free trial here ➡ https://lnkd.in/eSG5_vuh #mining #criticalminerals

📣 Giga APAC Speaker Announcement - James Choi James Choi is Honorary Ambassador for Foreign Investment Promotion at the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. It’s a pleasure to welcome James to the 2024 #GigaAPAC agenda. Join us in Perth on 11-12 September at Giga Asia Pacific, the region’s premier event for the #battery supply chain, government and finance ➡ https://lnkd.in/edfhSDtZ