Battery Pricing [RE-wrenches]

[Matt Tritt]

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Yep! Word has it that our Chinese friends have been acquiring lead for a 
while now, and in doing, have driven the market price through the roof.
Same goes for copper. We won't even quote batteries without first 
checking with the manufacturers.

Matt T

Jeff Yago wrote:

>Since this site can be read by non-members, I realize it is not always a good idea to discuss our specific material costs. However, what's going on with battery prices? 
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>Our supplier has increased battery prices to us 3 times since September with another large increase at end of December. They say its due to a world wide shortage of lead. I have seen many articles that say lead-acid batteries are almost 100% recycled and any battery you buy today is actually made with recycled lead, not newly mined lead. The only reason for a shortage must be major increase in demand, but I have not seen an increase so drastic that would explain these increases with promises for more increases to come soon. 
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>What's going on - stock speculation in the lead market?
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>Jeff Yago
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