from bzm board18 May 2018 15:46
http://www.scmp.com/business/money/markets-investing/article/2146540/lme-takes-aim-booming-electric-car-market-new
Demand for metals including lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and manganese has surged with the growth in electric vehicles, particularly in China, which has become the largest electric car market worldwide as the government aggressively pushed development to deal with serious pollution problems.
�The battery industry is a big part of metal contracts now trading, as a result of the increasing popularity of electric cars,� LME chief executive Matthew Chamberlain told the annual LME Asia Week forum in Hong Kong on Thursday.
New futures contracts to be launched may include lithium, graphite and manganese, while additional contracts for the already tradeable nickel, copper, cobalt and aluminium will be explored, he said.