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Is prices for MINED RAW MATERIALS reasonable for AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURERS?

January 31, 2011 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: F , GM , HMC

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For the last couple of months we've seen METAL prices breaking 52-week highs or breaking records, then suddenly for the last couple of weeks METAL prices dropped.

Car sales in 2010 showed recovery from 2008 - 2009. As 2010 ended many automotive manufacturers cleared their 2010 inventory and is now producing 2011 inventory.

My P.O.V. (point of view) is the timing could not be any better, as automotive manufacturers ramp up production for 2011 inventory; prices for METALS as of right now is reasonable. A win win situation for all sides MINING, FOUNDARIES, STEEL MANUFACTURING, MANUFACTURERS, and etc...

BELOW IS A ROUGH LIST OF MINED RAW MATERIALS AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES:

• This is a incomplete rough blog done with rushed research and some applications are or may be outdated.

• I invite anybody to add on important mined raw materials and its applications on automotive vehicles that I've missed.

• RUBBER, PLASTIC,and VINYL are other important raw materials used in applications of automotive vehicles. NATURAL RUBBER is grown.PLASTIC, SYNTHETIC RUBBER, and VINYL is chemically created (with PETROLEUM PRODUCTS).

ALKALINE - BATTERIES, HYBRID BATTERIES, AND etc...

ALUMINUM - ENGINES, WHEELS, AND etc...

Increase use in modern cars because it's light and has enough strength needed for engine and other components. Quickly replacing IRON because of regulations set forth by governments demanding better fuel economy on newer vehicles.

COPPER - ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL, WIRING, COOLING, HEATING, PLUMBING AND etc...

IRON -  NEARLY ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT REQUIRED METAL IN OLDER CARS.

Very heavy, very durable, very inexpensive, and etc... especially in engine. Quickly becoming or have becomed obsolete as manufactuerers choose ALUMINUM  to met federal fuel economy standards.

LEAD - BATTERIES, PAINT(OLDER CARS), AND etc...

LITHIUM - BATTERIES, HYBRID BATTERIES, AND etc...

NICKEL - BATTERIES, HYBRID BATTERIES, CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. AND etc...

PALLADIUM - CATALYTIC CONVERTER

PLATINUM - CATALYTIC CONVERTER

Active chemical reactor in exhaust system. 

QUARTZ(SILICA) - GLASS WINDOW, CIRCUIT BOARDS, ELECTRICAL INSULATORS, AND etc...

RHODIUM - CATALYTIC CONVERTER

Platinum + Rhodium = reduction catalyst

SAND(SILICA) - GLASS WINDOW, CIRCUIT BOARDS, ELECTRICAL INSULATORS, AND etc...

STEEL - CHASIS, FRAME, PARTS OF THE BODY, STEERING, SUSPENSION, WHEELS, AND etc...

Steel is easy to manufacture, durable and flexible. During impact steel bends and doesn't break.

STAINLESS STEL - BOLTS, BRACKETS, EXAUST PARTS, AND etc...

Is resistance to rust.

TITANIUM - EXHAUST VALVES, INTAKE VALVES AND etc...

Titanium is hard to manufacture, extremely strong, light, won't corrode from chemical weathring and saltwater.