Booming electric vehicle sales drive surge in cobalt prices

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Demand and prices for battery material cobalt are soaring as electric vehicles stream out of showrooms in China and Europe, with little prospect of a significant reversal as drivers and governments move to cut carbon emissions.

FILE PHOTO: Tesla Model X electric cars recharge their batteries in Berlin, Germany, November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Payables - a reference to the percentage of the cobalt metal price used to price hydroxide, a feedstock for electric vehicle batteries - are up at around 93-94% from about 63-69% a year ago, analysts from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence said. “There is a very material concern around long-term shortages for cobalt,” said George Heppel, analyst at CRU Group.

 

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