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Interviews, analysis and reporting from S&P Global Energy on energy and commodities' transition to a cleaner future. Host Eklavya Gupte speaks with policymakers, industry professionals and S&P Global Energy in-house experts worldwide on topics related to decarbonization, climate, emerging fuels and energy sources, and the outlook for commodity markets from oil to power to metals. The Energy Evolution podcast merged with the Platts Future Energy podcast in January 2025.

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Battery 'Gigafactories' and their impact on battery metals raw materials 01.08.2018 8:22

S&P Global Platts Battery Metals Podcast series continues, tracking one of the most-followed topics in the market and how this has impacted lithium carbonate prices over recent weeks. In this edition, Platts looks at Gigafactories and why Europe seems to be the next hotbed for these to be...

Chinese EV subsidies squeeze lithium carbonate prices 19.06.2018 3:59

S&P Global Platts Battery Metals Podcast series continues, tracking one of the most-followed topics in the market and how this has impacted lithium carbonate prices over recent weeks. In this edition, Platts looks into the implementation of the 2018 Chinese electric vehicle subsidies that came...

The battle between spodumene and brine – lithium mining 30.04.2018 6:03

S&P Global Platts Battery Metals Podcast series continues, tracking the most-followed topics in the market. In this edition, Platts looks into lithium and how mining techniques differ for one of the lightest metals in the world. The podcast sheds light on what brine and spodumene are, where and...

Will there be enough nickel to support the EV hype? 03.04.2018 6:22

Battery technology appears to be driving towards the 8:1:1 nickel-cobalt-manganese format from the currently used 6:2:2 version, but with nickel prices a third of what they were at the beginning of the decade, investment into nickel projects has been limited and poses the question of whether the...

Battery metals move to the front, oil still driving sentiment 23.03.2018 12:35

Battery metals, the electric vehicle revolution and protectionism versus free trade dominated discussions at this year's FT Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland. But like any gathering of the commodities industry's biggest players, oil pricing and the outlook for energy weren't too...

Battery metals still on the up: technology may be game-changer 20.02.2018 7:10

Battery metals markets continue bullish, recent industry events have shown, but with concerns in both the lithium and cobalt camps. In the first of S&P Global Platts' monthly podcasts on battery metals, Marcel Goldenberg, markets and methodology development, metals, talks to Diana Kinch...