The Power Current with Chris Berry

In today's episode, we welcome Andy Home, Senior Metals Correspondent at Thompson Reuters. Andy has been covering the metals markets since 1987 and joins us today to travel through time and talk about the past and future for metals including aluminum, nickel, lithium, cobalt, and uranium. We also discuss the importance of narrative in determining price and how the metals markets need to evolve...

Power Current Host Chris Berry and Joe Lowry of Global Lithium™ discuss the current state and future of the lithium market, emphasizing the need for increased supply to meet growing demand, particularly in the electric vehicle sector. They explore the implications of political policies on the lithium supply chain, the importance of focusing on upstream production, and the role of China in the glob...

In this conversation, we interview Michael Dunne about the current state of the electric vehicle industry, with a focus on the state of play for Western OEMs and their Chinese competitors. We discuss the shift of automotive production to Asia, the challenges faced by Western OEMs in catching up to Chinese competitors, and whether or not western OEMs have any hope of matching Chinese scale and tech...

Today we welcome Ernest Scheyder to discuss his recently published book, "The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives." Ernest is the first author I have hosted on the podcast and given our mutual interest in the metals business, we cover a lot of ground here. Ernest does a terrific job of putting a human face on some complex issues as well as sharing some gr...

In this episode of The Power Current, Chris welcomes to the podcast Frank Wunderlich-Pfeifer, a Germany-based journalist who has been a vocal proponent of sodium-ion battery technology, to discuss the evolving developments of and technologies around sodium-ion batteries. During the podcast, we discuss the controversy around sodium-ion tech including pros and cons of sodium-ion versus lithium-ion,...

In this latest installment of The Power Current, we welcome Dr Srini Godavarthy, CEO of Li-Metal. Li-Metal is a materials company focused on creating affordable and high purity lithium metal and lithium anode foil technologies. In this episode, we discuss Srini's unique background in oil and gas, his time at Albemarle, his views on direct lithium extraction, the founding of Li-Metal and its bu...

This episode of The Power Current is somewhat unique. Host Chris Berry has an editorial piece he wrote which, unfortunately, was not picked up by a publisher. Instead, we take the opportunity for Chris to share his editorial, here, on his own podcast. In this piece, Chris asks the questions regarding America's technological advances in battery technology. Is the United States the shining city...

My guest today is Dr Ahmad Ghahreman. Ahmad is CEO, President, and Co-Founder of Cyclic Materials, a company developing a novel rare earth magnet and motor recycling processing technology. Dr G has been a serial entrepreneur for the past 15 years with over 15 patents to his name. He is also the co-inventor of Jetti Resources technology and was a member of LiCycle’s Advisory Board with me. In this...

Our guest today is Emily Hersh, a long-time friend, and CEO of Luna Lithium, a lithium exploration play focused on South America (Paraguay and Brazil). Emily is also an accomplished economist with roots in Argentina and the first part of our discussion focuses here. In this wide-ranging discussion, Emily and I go in depth into the macroeconomic situation in Argentina, to get a better understanding...

Today we welcome in Vincent Pluvinage, CEO of Co-Founder of OneD Battery Sciences. OneD Battery Sciences is the leader in providing the most scalable and cost effective manufacturing process to produce silicon-graphite anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. Its proven manufacturing technology leverages existing commercial graphite suppliers to address the current needs of EV makers for higher...

My guest today is Dr. Jay Turner, Professor of Environmental Studies at Wellesely College. Dr. Turner is a prolific researcher on the recent history of U.S. environmental politics and policy, including climate change, the clean energy transition, and public lands management. This is very timely thanks to legislation such as the IRA. He has taught in the Environmental Studies Program at Wellesley C...

To paraphrase Shakespeare's Hamlet, To recycle or to reuse....that is the question.  As the lithium-ion battery market continues to grow, this question, coupled with increased logistical issues is creating opportunities and challenges.  Today, Episode 3 of the podcast goes international for the first time to Sweden for a discussion with Eden Yates and William Bergh, CMO and CEO respectiv...

In this episode of the podcast, we dissect the vanadium market. Vanadium has been primarily used in the steel market to dramatically strengthen the material but the real growth in the market is expected to come from the Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) – a battery that has many advantages over its lithium-ion cousin. My guest today is Mr. Johnathan Lee. Johnathan is a director at Largo Physical...

In this inaugural episode of The Power Current, we talk to Jonathan  Beigle, President and CEO of Ridgeline Royalties. As the financing window for battery metals projects remains firmly open, there are many ways to finance these projects including traditional equity, debt, prepayments, and royalties. After 11 years on the buy side Johnathan founded Ridgeline as a royalty company and I wanted to ha...

Join Host and founder of House Mountain Partners for a fresh look into the new energy and battery metal supply chains.  We stand at a unique moment in human history as many of the economic, geopolitical, and social forces that have driven economic growth to new heights in recent decades are reversing. This has caused unprecedented opportunities and threats across the global economy and one su...