The Essential Podcast, Episode 59 : Elements of the Energy Transition #3 - Gadolinium

About this Episode

Terence Kooyker, founder and CEO of the commodity hedge fund Valent Asset Management, rejoins the Essential Podcast to talk about the market and uses for the elements of the energy transition. In this episode, we return to the lanthanides to cover gadolinium, lucky element #64 on the Periodic Table.

The Essential Podcast from S&P Global is dedicated to sharing essential intelligence with those working in and affected by financial markets. Host Nathan Hunt focuses on those issues of immediate importance to global financial markets—macroeconomic trends, the credit cycle, climate risk, ESG, global trade, and more—in interviews with subject matter experts from around the world.

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Show Notes

• Listen to the first episode of this mini-series, on the role of dysprosium as an element of the energy transition, and the second episode, on the market and uses for the platinum group metal iridium.
• Moving away from hydrocarbons isn't all lush forests and clean rivers. Mining for rare earth elements can be a dirty business. Terence Kooyker previously joined the Essential Podcast to talk about how getting clean in the long term may require us to getting dirty right now. Listen here.

The Essential Podcast is edited and produced by Kurt Burger.