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The Palladium Standard – September 2022
15 September 2022 | Beresford Clarke
SFA (Oxford) launches its 2022 edition of The Palladium Standard featuring articles from James Steel at HSBC and Lakshya Gupta from SFA.
SFA (Oxford) visits ITM Power's gigafactory
2 August 2022 | Henk de Hoop
Some of the SFA hydrogen team visit the ITM Power gigafactory in Sheffield (UK) to see how platinum and iridium are used in electrolysers to drive the green hydrogen economy.
The fuse is lit: will platinum jewellery demand go up, or blow up?
19 September 2022 | SFA (Oxford) & Heraeus
Instability and inflation hedging buoying central bank gold buying
5 September 2022 | SFA (Oxford & Heraeus
Ruthenium demand in hard drives not yet nailed by HAMR
29 August 2022 | SFA (Oxford) & Heraeus
Are the specs turning bullish on platinum and palladium, or just less bearish?
22 August 2022 | SFA (Oxford) & Heraeus
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Market reports
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The PGM Quarterly Market Report and Price Outlook
Released every three months, this price risk-focused report details-impacting factors for platinum, palladium and rhodium markets for the next three years.
The 2050 PGM Market Report and Price Outlook
SFA's new ground-breaking forward-looking report analyses the influences, market risks and trends on the PGM markets out to 2050.
The 2040 PGM Market Report and Price Outlook
Released annually, this ground-breaking forward-looking report analyses the influences and trends on the PGM markets between 2030 and 2040.
The Ruthenium Market Report and Price Outlook
Stay up-to-date with a quarterly 5-year forecast on ruthenium's technological developments and underlying evolution of supply, demand and end-use applications.
The Iridium Market Report and Price Outlook
A comprehensive quarterly report on iridium market fundamentals and integration of future technologies for new and existing end-users.
Green Hydrogen Metals Market and Price Outlook
A proprietary report unlocking the current and future demands for precious metals (Pt, Ir, and Ru) used in electrolysers and fuel cells for the hydrogen economy.
Battery Metals Quarterly Report and Price Outlook
Our quarterly price risk-focused report details factors impacting the lithium, nickel and cobalt markets for the next five years and future battery technology trends.
Joining the dots between Lithium, Nickel and Cobalt
The SFA team completes a deep dive into the short- to long-term opportunities enabling the success of electric vehicle production across supported regions.
Long-term Nickel Market and Prices Outlook to 2040
Released annually, this ground-breaking, forward-looking report analyses the trends and influences on the nickel market and battery technologies out to 2040.
Quarterly Nickel Market Report and Prices Outlook
Released each quarter, SFA's nickel price risk-focused report details the factors impacting nickel sulphate demand, MHP and refined nickel for the next five years.
Long-term Cobalt Market and Price Outlook to 2040
Released annually, this ground-breaking, forward-looking report analyses the trends and influences on the cobalt market and battery technologies out to 2040.
Quarterly Cobalt Market Report and Price Outlook
Released each quarter, SFA's cobalt price risk-focused report details cobalt supply and demand impacting factors for the next five years.
Long-term Lithium Market and Prices Outlook to 2040
Released annually, this ground-breaking, forward-looking report analyses the trends and influences on the lithium market and battery technologies out to 2040.
Quarterly Lithium Market Report and Prices Outlook
Released four times a year, SFA's lithium price risk report details short- to medium-term factors impacting the lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide markets.
The Iridium and Ruthenium Market Report and Price Outlook
A joint quarterly report on iridium and ruthenium market fundamentals analysing the technological developments of end-uses, metal availability and price risk supported by a 5-year forecast.
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