China Shuts Most Lead-Acid Battery Producers to Curb Pollution

Bloomberg reported that new pollution legislation forced some Chinese battery producers to shut down.

The market news is quoted as saying:

The closures may damp lead demand in the world’s largest exporter of the storage batteries used from mobile phones to electric bicycles and cool a 36 percent rally in the prices of the metal in the past year on the London Metal Exchange.

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