Episode 180: Andy Leyland

Andy Leyland (@andyleyland1 on X) is the founder of Supply Chain Insights (@insights_SC on X). Andy has deep experience in all aspects of the lithium ion battery supply chain.

Topics:

What Supply Chain Insights does

2023: the "rebalancing" year

The lepidolite spectrum

Lithium demand - still robust

The turnaround in ESS

Sodium ion batteries

Oversupply

Inventory levels

The future of conversion in China

Brine: "Argentina's race to lose"

Two ways of looking at price

Why is lithium forecasting so bad?

Getting info from China

Incentive prices

China's domestic lithium potential

ESG hypocrisy

Who actually paid $80/kg for lithium?

Do fixed price contracts make a comeback?

Recycling

The SCI price forecast

Rapid fire