Sciencemadness Discussion Board

Why Palladium's spot price keeps dropping

Romix - 27-11-2023 at 18:40

Price of Palladium dropped by more then 50% and continues falling, what it caused by? Any of you Dear forum members know or maybe have ideas?
Electric cars taking over??

B(a)P - 27-11-2023 at 19:59

Automotive companies are switching to platinum, due to the cost difference and because Russia is a major producer. Less people are buying cars at the moment and of those that are buying cars a greater percentage are buying electric.

Romix - 27-11-2023 at 20:04

Platinum catching up with Palladium, less then 4£ difference.

DraconicAcid - 27-11-2023 at 21:01

Of course, I still can't afford either of them......

Rainwater - 28-11-2023 at 05:11

I found many jewelers will sell sub gram quantities.
Usually in the form of solider sticks.
The desired product is inpure %40-%60,
often containing silver and tin

Dr.Bob - 28-11-2023 at 18:17

That's a shame, as I still have some palladium salts and metal materials. If people are every looking for small bits of pd/pt type metals and salts (eg, Pd(OAc)2, PdCl2, maybe the triphenylphosphine dichloride material), I have a few small bits, been trying to find them and sort them, but only have found some from my stored boxes of stuff. I might have bits if Rh, Re, and others. Sold someone some Pt wire years ago, its mostly gone, but have other bits and pieces, if anyone is looking.

DraconicAcid - 28-11-2023 at 18:25

I'd be quite interested in said bits.