E62: Jose Hofer - "No Holds Barred" Part 1

Benchmark's Jose Hofer is my guest for part one of a two part episode. Jose is a mining engineer educated in both Chile and the US. He has a great breadth of experience for someone so young. Prior to Benchmark, Jose was with "Big 4" lithium producer SQM. In part one we focus on the impact of the Corona Virus on lithium demand, supply and price which, of course, can't be meaningfully discussed without addressing the current global economic situation. In part two we get into a detailed discussion of industry quality issues, the rise of lithium re-processors and much more. The podcast is brought to you by brine field services company Zelandez.