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Battery Metals: Closing the gap between Mining and the Automotive Industry

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

BATTERY METALS: CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN MINING AND THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

Andrea Hotter, Special Correspondent at Fastmarkets, Euromoney speaks to Erez Ichilov, Managing Director of Traxys Projects; Colin Hamilton, Managing Director of Commodities Research BMO Capital Markets; and Willem Middelkoop, Founder and CIO of Commodity Discovery Fund about how Africa can take advantage of the growing demand for battery metals and play a role in the new phenomenon. 


“It’s an interesting time – in metals mining we are not used to markets growing at the pace that we are currently seeing across battery metals, which puts pressure on supply and how to fund the projects.

 



 

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