Simon Moores
@sdmoores
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence ~ Critical Minerals - Energy Supply Chains - From Mine to Grid #MUFC
Six years ago Simon Moores @sdmoores , CEO @benchmarkmin shook the world in a now legendary testimony in front of the US Senate. Then, Simon predicted the exponential growth of batteries and the control that China was starting to exert of the supply chains. Fast forward today,…
🎙️Ep184. Market dynamics and Pricing of Battery Materials #applepodcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/red… #spotify open.spotify.com/show/4FDIRo16s… @gerardreid14 and @MegaWattXinfo welcome @CDMRawles COO @benchmarkmin to discuss Lithium markets and more.
People do not understand the significance of <$100/kWh batteries.
Despite tariffs US players still heavily rely on China for BESS DC blocks. As tenders in the Chinese market reach as low as $65/kWh, it's important to note that there are differences between a domestic Chinese DC system and a US-bound Chinese DC system. #BESS #battery
US 🇺🇸 and China 🇨🇳 strike rare earths deal in London 🇬🇧
U.S. and China Strike Deal in London to Revive Rare Earths Trade Truce breitbart.com/economy/2025/0…
We’re excited to have you, Simon! Arkansas lithium is key for our country to compete with China in the 21st century economy. And my administration is ready to make it happen.
#Lithium rising in Arkansas! China’s dominance in critical minerals was laid out in stark detail at @benchmarkmin’s Washington DC event. Arkansas is becoming the launchpad for a US critical minerals response. Benchmark has been there since the start - @StandardLithium…
#Lithium rising in Arkansas! China’s dominance in critical minerals was laid out in stark detail at @benchmarkmin’s Washington DC event. Arkansas is becoming the launchpad for a US critical minerals response. Benchmark has been there since the start - @StandardLithium…
Senator Cotton at Benchmark’s Giga USA 2025: “When on active duty and down range and you had a couple minutes to rest, you were told to do 3 things: eat, sleep, and charge your batteries.” - @SenTomCotton A real pleasure to have the Senator speak at the world’s leading…
80 years ago today, WW2 ended in Europe. Today we honour the bravery of a generation who fought for our values and freedom. #VEDay80
Introducing Giga Africa 🌍 Marrakech, 22-24 September 2025 Benchmark is proud to launch #GigaAfrica 2025 in Morocco – the latest addition to the globally renowned Giga conference series. This landmark event will spotlight Africa’s accelerating role in the global #battery supply…
A new exchange traded era for #lithium is here ⚡ Benchmark (BMI) has announced partnership with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) to develop futures contracts for lithium: Lithium Carbonate CIF Asia (BMI) Future Lithium Hydroxide CIF Asia (BMI) Future Spodumene Concentrate FOB…
BENCHMARK MINERALS SAYS ITS PRICES FOR BATTERY MATERIALS LITHIUM AND COBALT WILL BE USED BY ICE FOR FUTURES CONTRACTS
🚨 BREAKING: ICE x BMI to list lithium and cobalt contracts in London 🇬🇧 Confidence not just contracts have finally arrived to lithium! @benchmarkmin x @ICE_Markets team up for lithium and cobalt futures contracts. 🟡 Lithium Carbonate CIF Asia (BMI) 🟡 Lithium Hydroxide…
#Lithium Prices #BMI 🚨 Benchmark enters a new era next week. After our foundation in 2014, we are the first ‘commodity PRA’ to emerge and scale in a generation. We are a business that is built on critical minerals and the push for new energy independence ... and dominance.…
This is worth listening to all 2 and half minutes - just incredible radio 🙌🙌#MUFC
#TrumpTariffs - 🔋 what’s been hit and how hard in the world of lithium ion batteries, EVs and energy storage ESS… @benchmarkmin
. @JeffBezos funding new EV start up to create EV pick up for $25,000 Production in 2026 will hit flush on the biggest #TrumpTariffs on batteries making LFP 84% more expensive But v cool to see more EV innovation on the way… techcrunch.com/2025/04/08/ins…
“your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.” ~ Dr Ian Malcolm
Meet Romulus and Remus… The dire wolf pups that have defied all odds with the world's first "de-extinction." The pups were genetically engineered by scientists after going extinct more than 10,000 years ago.
#TrumpTariffs 🎙️ 🇬🇧 Margaret Thatcher on international trade, Nov 5th 1982: “Britain is an exporting country. It serves our purpose to have an open market the world over. “The problem is that we are open to most goods and our housewives buy most goods freely. Not according…
🇺🇸 #Trump’s #LiberationDay - a view from the US capital on tariffs, critical minerals and batteries “If you want your tariff rate to be zero, then you build your product right here in America.” - President Trump ——- What a moment in history for myself to be in Washington…
🚨 Trump the catalyst for deep sea mining breakthrough - a great @ReutersCommods story. The ISA has been trying to solve this problem for many years to give controlled access framework to deep sea minerals extraction But the ISA’s original vision is now stalled in paper work…