Lead producers jump - metal hits 3-yr peak on supply worriesTV produces a lot of lead too, as well as silver, which is also relatively high. Look at the chart for lead - it's $1.08 today, compared to $0.82 a year ago, almost a 30% increase and looking like it will go higher still due to supply concerns. All this is helping TV. Shpaing up to be their best quarter in years.
21-Jul-2021 11:06:16 AM
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here ** Shares of lead producers jump as the metal notches a three-year peak after a major lead smelter in Germany halts operations due to flooding
** Berzelius Stolberg declares force majeure on metal shipments from its plant in western Germany, Europe's biggest primary lead smelter (
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** Three-month lead on the London Metal Exchange
CMPB3 up 0.3% to $2,336 a tonne by 1630 GMT after hitting $2,350, the highest since July 2018
MET/L ** In London, commodity trader Glencore
GLEN.L ends session up 4%
** U.S. listing of Teck Resources
TECK.N climbs 5.7%
** Lead is used in car batteries, ammunition, cable sheathing, radiation protection and in some solders