Palladium

Palladium is the metal in petrol car exhausts: over 80% of demand is catalytic converters and Russia mines about two fifths. Its price is a bet on petrol car sales and on Russian supply, and every electric car without an exhaust is a buyer that never arrives, while hybrids still have one. Module 2; palladium on Mochatrade.

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