GlobalAutoIndustry.com’s latest Audio Interview “Building a North American Battery Metal Supply Chain – A Seafloor Solution” features Gerard Barron. Mr. Barron is on a mission to help wean humanity off fossil fuels and transition to a circular resource economy. He is a seasoned entrepreneur with a track record of building global companies in battery technology, media, and future-oriented resource development both as a chief executive and strategic investor. He became involved in the early strategic development and financing of DeepGreen during its formation in 2011 and stepped into the role of Chairman & CEO in 2017. He is leading The Metals Company’s three-part strategy. You can find his BIO below.
Audio Interview Guest
Mr. Gerard Barron, Chairman & CEO
The Metals Company
In the 12-minute Audio Interview, Mr. Barron discusses these questions:
• What are polymetallic nodules and why are they important?
• Lots of noise at the moment about the Inflation Reduction Act and its implications for EV battery supply chains – what are the main concerns here?
• But there is no shortage of metal in the ground, including in the US so what’s the problem?
• Some OEMs are turning to lower cost LFP in light of nickel and cobalt prices and supply chain constraints. Is this a real solution?
• How can nodules help change the U.S. supply picture and establish a homegrown battery metal supply chain?
• When do you expect to enter first production?
About Gerard Barron:
Chairman & CEO
The Metals Company
Gerard is on a mission to help wean humanity off fossil fuels and transition to a circular resource economy. He is a seasoned entrepreneur with a track record of building global companies in battery technology, media, and future-oriented resource development both as a chief executive and strategic investor. He became involved in the early strategic development and financing of DeepGreen during its formation in 2011 and stepped into the role of Chairman & CEO in 2017. Gerard is leading The Metals Company’s three-part strategy to first inject a sufficient supply of four virgin metals (Ni, Mn, Co, Cu) into the system to enable the green transition, then track and recycle the four metals The Metals Company injects, and ultimately work through the rest of the periodic table to circularize the remaining metals. If The Metals Company succeeds, mining virgin ores – whether in land or in the ocean – will become a marginal human activity as we meet most of our metal needs by recycling a shared common stock of metals.