Episode 195: Albemarle (Katie Pyfer)

Katie Pyfer is a Senior Director of Energy Storage responsible for global pricing at Albemarle. She has a PhD in analytical chemistry.

Topics:

Product analysis

Managing market cycles

Price discovery

"Micro" managing

Battery demand

Commodity or specialty chemical?

Tolling

The blending game

Qualification

Competitive tension

The benefit of lithium auctions

Price transparency

Contracts

The future of "futures"