Palladium prices hitting new highs

A rare combination of ongoing strikes in South Africa’s platinum group metal mines combined with political tensions between Russia and Ukraine have translated into three-year highs for palladium prices in early June, resulting in one of the few bull markets for a mining commodity this year.

The six-month spot price chart is particularly compelling for palladium bulls, showing a steady march upwards from US$700 per oz in early February.

At press time, intraday palladium spot prices were touching US$860 per oz in New York trading. Palladium prices are poised to close above US$855 per oz, which would be a 14-year high, bested only by the spike in 2000 that saw palladium prices soar well above US$1,000 per oz.

All of this is in contrast to palladium’s flashier siblings in the precious metals family, with prices for gold, silver, platinum and rhodium all flat this year.

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