SITUATION Nearly 50,000 employees were laid-off in November 2022; with many companies citing economic headwinds and revenue/profit declines as drivers. As healthy national employment is regarded as the lynchpin of the economy; this will undoubtedly pose a systemic market impact as early as April 2023. While industry trends are high for automation and job elimination;...Read More

Organizations impacted by the supply/demand in Lithium should take note of the following items: Electric Vehicles (EV) sales are up 117% through July 1, 2021. Spot prices of battery-grade lithium carbonate (China) are up 254% through October 2, 2021. Average lithium carbonate values per metric ton are up almost 200% through August 31, 2021. Citations...Read More