For the first Recharge of the New Year, presenters Matt Fernley and Cormac O'Laoire review the numerous exciting developments of 2021 and talk about what to expect for 2022 in the world of raw materials, batteries and Electric Vehicles.

In December's Recharge Matt Fernley and Cormac O'Laoire round up all November's news, including EV sales and production, the BNEF battery survey and outlook for battery prices, Umicore's and Johnson Matthey's travails in cathode materials and the outlook for graphite.

This month's interview is with Ken Brinsden, MD of ASX-listed lithium producer Pilbara Minerals. In a far-reaching interview Ken discusses the state of lithium inventories, the move towards spot pricing and his company's impact on that, the benefits of going downstream and Pilbara's plans for expansion.

November's edition of Recharge has the usual discussion of all the month's news by Matt Fernley and Cormac O'Laoire. This month we focus on pack and cell costs, the length of the supply chain, battery trends in China and a comparison of the ESG implications of different nickel offtake announcements.

This month's interview is with David Archer, CEO of AIM-listed Savannah Resources (AIM:SAV) who talks about the Mina do Barroso project in Portugal and its potential as a strategic lithium asset in Europe.

October's Recharge has the usual news recap from Matt Fernley and Cormac O'Laoire, this month discussing how China's power shortages could upset the battery supply chain; the importance of Nio's new hybrid LFP/NMC battery; the Fluence IPO; the GM/LG recall and how battery manufacturing could be related; as well as the raw material shortage and it's likely impact on battery prices.

September's edition of Recharge contains the usual news recap from Matt Fernley and Cormac O'Laoire, this month discussing EV and battery developments in China, the impact of the chip shortage on Q4 EV sales, ownership models of the future for EVs and the supply and demand of lithium and its impact on pricing.

August's edition of Recharge contains the usual news recap from Matt Fernley and Cormac O'Laoire, focusing on CATL's new sodium-ion battery, the run up in lithium prices and their impact on the battery industry, the emergence of M&A in battery raw materials and its implications and a recap on China.

This month's interview is with Mark Selby, CEO of TSXV-listed Canada Nickel (TSXV:CNC). We discuss the Crawford project PEA, M&A in the nickel industry and the potential for zero carbon nickel.

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In June's edition of Recharge there's the usual update on all the previous month's news from Matt Fernley and Cormac O'Laoire, which includes discussion on the lithium market, an update on Ford's EV and battery strategy as well as thoughts on M&A and resource nationalism in the sector.

This month's interview is with Iggy Tan, MD of ASX-listed Altech Chemicals (ASX:ATC). We discuss HPA demand growth in lithium-ion batteries HPA (High Purity Alumina) is rapidly becoming essential for use in the development of high density lithium-ion batteries and Iggy introduces the industry and his company's development plans.

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In May's edition of Recharge there's the usual update on all the previous month's news from Matt Fernley and Cormac O'Laoire, which includes an update on China, discussions on LFP vs Ternary batteries, cathode capacity additions and Hard Rock prices and outlook.

This month's interview is with Ken Hoffman from McKinsey's Basic Materials Institute, who talks in more detail about the fascinating tear-down report  on a number of batteries recently released by his team and gives some insight about their thoughts on future strategy in batteries and battery raw materials. 

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In this month's Recharge, co-hosts Matt Fernley from Battery Materials Review and Cormac O'Laoire discuss all the news in the world of EVs, batteries and battery materials over the past month. This month's interview is with Rodney Hooper from RK equity, a long-time expert on lithium and co-host of the Lithium-ion Rocks podcast and the Rock Stock channel.

March's edition of Recharge, co-hosted by Matt Fernley from Battery Materials Review with Cormac O'Laoire from Electrios Energy, discusses all the key newsflow from February, including an update on developments in China, the uptick in materials capital raisings, the Tsingshan nickel developments, the situation between SK Innovation and LG Chemical in the US, and cathode capacity additions.

This month's interview is with Mark Saxon, CEO of Medallion Resources (TSXV:MDL) who talks about supply and demand for critical rare earths as well as his company's revolutionary technology for extracting rare earths from mineral sands.

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