You can find a lot of great deals at Costco on everyday items, including bars of platinum. That’s right, along with getting your groceries, picking up some new items for your wardrobe, and getting a $5 rotisserie chicken, add precious metals to your Costco shopping list.

China’s economy sways commodity markets, so a rapid slowdown of growth is likely to upend global dynamics, writes Igor Isaev

Platinum group metals (PGMs) are crucial for hydrogen-energy-enabled decarbonisation, especially when employed in proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology used in electrolysers and fuel cells, reports London-based global authority on platinum investment, the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC).

Smelting precious metals and recycling catalytic converters play a crucial role in protecting the environment by reducing the need for mining raw materials.

In a measure at the end of October, according to an analysis of vAuto Live Market View data, the total U.S. supply of available unsold new vehicles reached north of 3 million for the first time since the pandemic, which is up 29% year over year. With 3.04 million units available, days’ supply increased to 85 days, which is now 14% higher compared to the same time last year.

Sticker shock is increasingly scaring off many buyers for new and used cars. A recent survey by Edmunds.com found that almost half of American car shoppers expect to pay $35,000 or less for a new car. The average trade-in today is six years old, which means it cost $35,000 or less when new. But when they want to replace it with the same or similar model, they find the price has increased to $50,000.

The wonderful mix of palladium-nickel-copper-cobalt proved to be Tier 1 in scale – 17Moz of palladium-platinum-gold, 960,000t of nickel, 540,000t of copper and 96,000t of cobalt…

With the global average PGM basket price now more than 35% below the peak of 2022, the by-product metals of the South African Bushveld, North America and the Russian Far North are more crucial than ever to miners’ balance sheets…

WHY HYDROGEN IS A NEW DEMAND DRIVER FOR PLATINUM - The need to decarbonise is more acute than ever and platinum-based technologies have a significant role to play in the energy transition…

As economic recovery takes hold in key industries, precious metals like platinum and palladium could be the next big movers, says Chris Gaffney, President of World Markets at EverBank.

Despite trailing gold in 2024, Gaffney believes these precious metals are set for a breakout. "Silver, platinum, and palladium are better buys right now than gold," he stated during his interview with Jeremy Szafron, Anchor at Kitco news, citing increased industrial demand and the ongoing recovery of manufacturing sectors across the globe…

The automotive sector in Europe is facing a crisis. Instead of rapidly expanding, the market for electric vehicles (EVs) is stagnating, undermining the European Union’s ambitious targets to end sales of new diesel and petrol cars by 2035…

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