{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Nickel market volatility hits China's battery industry","description":"Nickel prices hit an unprecedented $101,365\/mt in early trading on March 8 following a historic short squeeze on pure nickel and have been volatile ever since.&amp;nbsp; China, the world's largest consumer of nickel, has seen trading activity for nickel sulfate, an important component of nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) batteries, fall to an all-time low. This comes at a time the China is witnessing booming domestic demand for electric vehicles. S&amp;amp;P Global Commodity Insights' Clement Choo, Lucy Tang and Jesline Tang discuss what the nickel price volatility could mean for&amp;nbsp;battery chemistries and pricing&amp;nbsp;moving forward. Tell us more about your podcast preferences so we can keep improving our shows. Take our two-minute survey here:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/bit.ly\/plattspod22 ","author_name":"Commodities Focus","author_url":"https:\/\/www.spglobal.com\/commodity-insights","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/22566338\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/22566338"}