2019-09-02 Bloomberg Businessweek

Bloomberg Businessweek / SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 THE ELEMENTS 38 ◼ Cobalt $32.12 / kg London MetalExchange cashspot ◼ Nickel $15.88 / ...

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48 ◼ Niobium $75.75 /kg 98% China spot 41 Nb Niobium ...

49 Bloomberg Businessweek / SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 THE ELEMENTS Photograph by Júlia Pontés Last year, Brazil produced almost nine-ten ...

42 Mo Molybdenum 43 Tc Technetium 44 Ru Ruthenium 45 Rh Rhodium 46 Pd Palladium 50 ◼ Molybdenum $24.89 / kg London Metal Exchang ...

48 Cd Cadmium 51  Cadmium $2.90 / kg Metal, U.S. market  Indium $310 / kg Free-market price  Tin $16.18 / kg London Metal Exc ...

52 Te Tellurium 52 ◼ Antimony $8.60/ kg Metal ◼ Tellurium $50.50 / kg 99% metal,Rotterdam market ◼ Iodine $22 / kg Average value ...

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Island Greenland’shostilewilderness becomes a new front in the trade war 55 ◼ Europium $32.56 / kg 99% europiumoxide, Chinamarke ...

56 C ast an ultraviolet flashlight on the hills around Narsaq, a coastal town in southern Greenland, after dusk, and the rocks l ...

57 Bloomberg Businessweek / SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 THE ELEMENTS Some of Greenland’s unspoiled hills Fluorescent minerals indicate the ...