Benchmark Mineral Intelligence also known as Benchmark Minerals, founded by Simon Moores in 2014, is a London-based

IOSCO The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is an association of organizations that regulate the world's securities and futures markets. Members are typically primary securities and/or futures regulators in a national jurisdic ...

-regulated Price Reporting Agency (PRA) and specialist information provider for the lithium ion battery to

electric vehicle An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion. It can be powered by a collector system, with electricity from extravehicular sources, or it can be powered autonomously by a battery (sometimes cha ...

(EV) supply chain.

Overview

Benchmark Minerals’ price assessment division regularly price raw material on

lithium Lithium (from el, λίθος, lithos, lit=stone) is a chemical element with the symbol Li and atomic number 3. It is a soft, silvery-white alkali metal. Under standard conditions, it is the least dense metal and the least dense solid el ...

, cobalt,

graphite Graphite () is a crystalline form of the element carbon. It consists of stacked layers of graphene. Graphite occurs naturally and is the most stable form of carbon under standard conditions. Synthetic and natural graphite are consumed on large ...

and nickel. In August 2019, the company was awarded the highest International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) assurance, known as Type 1 Reasonable assurance by

Ernst & Young Ernst & Young Global Limited, trade name EY, is a multinational professional services partnership headquartered in London, England. EY is one of the largest professional services networks in the world. Along with Deloitte, KPMG and Pricewaterh ...

(EY) for its lithium prices. In 2021, Benchmark was awarded the IOSCO accreditation by PwC for all of its key battery raw materials of lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite - the first time ever such an accreditation was awarded individually for each. Its Lithium ion Battery Megafactories Assessment tracks the global build out of cell capacity worldwide including cathode, anode, raw material demand, cell format and end users. Benchmark Minerals holds events where its own expert analysts present their latest data, analysis and views on the market. The Benchmark World Tour is the series of free-investment seminars for the industry. Originally starting with 8 cities back in 2015, the Benchmark World Tour has grown to 15 cities world-wide including New York, Toronto, Sydney, Melbourne, Hong Kong,

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, Seoul, London,

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, and

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. Benchmark Minerals’ premier industry event is known as Benchmark Minerals Week that takes place in

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each year, it features two main shows, Cathodes Conference and Graphite &

Anode An anode is an electrode of a polarized electrical device through which conventional current enters the device. This contrasts with a cathode, an electrode of the device through which conventional current leaves the device. A common mnemonic is ...

s Conference. Benchmark Minerals Summit takes place in

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each year in May. The conference brings together both US-based lithium ion battery to electric vehicle supply chain and US government departments and policy makers. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence has testified to the US Senate Committee for Energy & Natural Resources on three occasions, in 2017, 2019, and 2020{{Cite web, url=https://www.energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2019/2/murkowski-energy-and-mineral-security, title=Murkowski: Energy and Mineral Security are the Building Blocks of a Robust Economy - Republican News - Newsroom - U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, website=www.energy.senate.gov, date=5 February 2019 , access-date=2019-12-05

References

Lithium-ion batteries Energy companies of the United Kingdom