RE: you tube7 Mar 2021 22:07
He said they were designing to be able to switch easily to demand for hydroxide or carbonate. I suppose only difference would be the profit as I suspect the costs if the chemical process for each means the production costs will be different.
So if it costs £100 more to produce hydroxide but sales price was £150 more you would do that. But ultimately I suppose they will provide whatever Hanwa and Ganfeng ask for as they will be taking it and delivering to their customers. That is BCN will not be selling directly to Catl, VW, Tesla, Samsung, LG Chem etc. At least at first. Maybe after they have ramped production and they haven't agreed further offtake agreements as they ramp. But as Ganfeng has a 50% share in SSL and 29% share of BCN they probably have a majority vote on any agreements made for future expansion.
But it's not a huge concern as demand will far exceed BCN production, and market share. The market will not be dominated by a single producer.