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Nickel, cobalt price: Electric car sales are tanking, but metal use spikes

Frik Els | December 05, 2019 | 3:42 pm Battery Metals Cobalt Graphite Lithium Manganese Nickel 

The global auto industry will produce 88.8 million cars and light trucks this year, an almost 6% drop from a year ago, according to researcher IHS Markit, quoted by Bloomberg News. Electric cars have been a bright spot, but due...

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