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Chart of the week: Copper's revival
Charts After plunging by a fifth last year, the copper price has jumped to their highest level in eight months: around $6,500 per tonne.
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Chart of the week: Palladium – the most precious metal of all?
Charts The price of palladium has hit a new record of $1,495 per ounce. Last year it overtook the gold price, and it is also more highly valued than its sister metal, platinum.
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Platinum will regain its shine
Charts Platinum futures have slumped to around $840 an ounce, a near-ten-year low. But the gloom looks overdone.
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Chart of the week: cobalt’s rise will level out
Features Cobalt left other industrial metals “in the dust” in 2017. The price jumped from $30,000 a tonne to $75,000, and has tripled in two years.
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Chart of the week: supply squeeze boosts aluminium
Charts A stronger global economic backdrop has bolstered demand for aluminium, while in China, a clampdown on pollution and excess capacity after years of rampant growth is squeezing supply.
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Chart of the week: the aluminium rally falters
Charts Aluminium futures have charged ahead of those of other metals in 2017, hitting a 22-month high in early March, but the rally has now faltered.
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Warning: don’t touch lithium with a ten-foot bargepole
Features Lithium is the fuel of the clean tech revolution. That’s sent the stocks of lithium producers soaring. But we’ve seen this story before, says Dominic Frisby. It never ends well.
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Copper’s shine will fade
Features Copper has gained around 10% since the start of 2017. But don’t count on high prices lasting.
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Lithium use set to soar
News Lithium plays a growing role in the global economy, but new mining concessions can be hard to find.
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