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Greenification and its Impact on Commodity Prices - Australian Investment Education

One of the movements that has impacted commodity prices a lot the last few years is what Andrew Baxter likes to call greenification. The process of switching towards more greener and sustainable energy sources has resulted in a high demand for commodities such as lithium, cobalt, and aluminium amongst others and therefor driving the price of those up. At the same time coal still tends to be a dependable short term solution to energy production, and we’ve seen coal doing really well on the commodities market too.

As you might have guessed - this week's MONEY AND INVESTING podcast is all about commodities. 

 

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