Thefts of this car part are up in Kent County because of what s inside
Thefts of catalytic converters are up in Kent County because of what s inside
and last updated 2021-03-16 22:36:24-04
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â Thereâs a part in your car â in everyoneâs car â that in some cases can be worth more than the value of the car itself. And thieves want it.
According to Sgt. Dan Adams with Grand Rapids Police, theyâre getting them. Sgt. Adams says thefts of catalytic converters were way up in Kent County recently.
âItâs one of those things that we always seem to be fighting one way or another,â he said Tuesday. âIt causes around a thousand dollarsâ worth of damage to have it replaced.â
Jean Bentley is a retired nurse from St. Paul who, back in January, picked up a shift at a nearby clinic that was short-staffed for the day.
When her shift was over a little after 5 p.m., she walked out to the parking lot to start her Toyota Prius.
âAnd it just made that bhrum, bhrum, bhrum, bhrum, bhrum [sound],â she said, âlike you don t have a muffler.
Bentley knew immediately what that noise meant. She had friends and neighbors who also had catalytic converters sawed off from their cars. She had insurance to get it fixed, but her deductible was $1,000.
How demand for electric vehicle has helped lithium gain the most this year
March 15, 2021
The commodity has gained 82.80 per cent since the beginning of this year Lithium topped rhodium last week as the commodity that has gained the most this year on strong demand from Chinese battery manufacturers following demand mainly from Europe.
Tight spot availability has resulted in prices spiking sharply to 85,000 Chinese yuan (₹9.50 lakh) a tonne.
Metal Bulletin website said prices were up nearly three per cent last week, with lithium rising to 85,000-90,000 yuan (₹9.50 lakh-10.05 lakh).
According to the
Trading Economics website, the commodity, which has been at the forefront of many technological changes since the 1990s with the commercialisation of lithium-ion batteries, has gained 82.80 per cent since the beginning of this year.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa’s Impala Platinum (Implats) on Thursday posted a four-fold increase in headline earnings and declared a bumper interim dividend, as higher metals prices and a weaker rand exchange rate boosted its profit.
The platinum miner reported headline earnings per share (HEPS) of 1855 cents for the six months ended on Dec. 31, compared with 436 cents per share last year.
High prices for metals extracted by Implats, including platinum, palladium and rhodium, boosted profit and helped the South African company weather the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Revenue in the reported period surged 107% to 58.12 billion rand ($4.02 billion) while free cash flow soared 304% to 20.1 billion rand.