This presentation provides an overview of key battery material supply chains and summarizes some of the challenges within them. Led by Founder and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Critical Minerals and Director of Government Relations for Standard Lithium Jesse Edmondson, the talk focuses on current efforts to develop new domestic sources of lithium, emphasizing the opportunity presented by the Smackover Formation in southern Arkansas and eastern Texas.
This presentation provides an overview of key battery material supply chains and summarizes some of the challenges within them. Led by Founder and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Critical Minerals and Director of Government Relations for Standard Lithium Jesse Edmondson, the talk focuses on current efforts to develop new domestic sources of lithium, emphasizing the opportunity presented by the Smackover Formation in southern Arkansas and eastern Texas.
Why it Matters: The strong rising demand for key battery metals—lithium, graphite, cobalt, and nickel—will outpace global supply for the foreseeable future. Currently, the United States is heavily reliant on China to mine and process these necessary battery metals.