# Episode 226: Daniel Jimenez (Year End Wrap) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-lithium-podcast-1191702/episode-226-daniel-jimenez-year-end-wrap Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-lithium-podcast-1191702/episode-226-daniel-jimenez-year-end-wrap.md Podcast: [The Global Lithium Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-lithium-podcast-1191702) Published: 2025-12-19T14:27:10+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/globallithium/episodes/Episode-226-Daniel-Jimenez-Year-End-Wrap-e3cj1iq Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/e113880/podcast/play/112870426/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-19%2F3f03ee9a-3d6b-7b9f-afb2-68be0e2717ad.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-global-lithium-podcast-1191702/episodes/episode-226-daniel-jimenez-year-end-wrap Duration seconds: 5400 ## Resource Daniel Jimenez is the founder of iLi Markets and formerly worked for SQM. On X: @D_Jimenez_Sch Topics: The rapid growth of BESS CATL China's weakening grip on lithium Hidden costs in Africa The tightening market Where is the money made in LIB Chile's lithium future Argentina Rio Tinto's next moves When does DLE matter? Alternatives to CO3 & LiOH The coming price spike Conversion capacity outside China Rapid fire ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-global-lithium-podcast-1191702/episodes/episode-226-daniel-jimenez-year-end-wrap/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-lithium-podcast-1191702/episode-226-daniel-jimenez-year-end-wrap.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.