Palladium breaks through $1,500 as shortages aid miners

Palladium surged above $1,500 an ounce to a record, extending a powerful rally that’s been driven by an acute shortage of supply as car manufacturers scramble to get hold of the material to meet stringent emissions controls.

Toyota FT-1 Sports Car Concept

[flagallery gid=12]Toyota used to be one of those car manufacturers I dismissed as being incredibly boring, making nothing more than a steady procession of cut price beige boxes, more interested in maintaining their reputation for reliability and producing utterly dull rep-mobiles than creating anything to get a petrol-head such as myself hot under the collar. … Read more