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Palladium $ 1806.9 / ozt -8.49%
Crude Oil $ 58.35 / bbl -0.21%
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Silver Futures $ 71.685 / ozt 0.01%
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Micro Gold Futures $ 4535.1 / ozt 0.39%
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Platinum $ 2247.8 / ozt -3.04%
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Cobalt thrifting in EV batteries won’t dent price any time soon

Frik Els | June 04, 2018 | 1:16 pm Base Metals Battery Metals Intelligence Africa Cobalt Copper Nickel 

Even best-case, early roll-out of new cobalt-light batteries won’t solve supply issues  Cobalt, a crucial element in batteries for cellphones and electric vehicles, has been drifting lower since hitting near 10-year peaks on the LME in March, but is still...

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