Anybody check the lead market lately? The main reason I point it out is that one of my auto part suppliers is getting almost 30% more for his battery cores customers turn in. He is making a profit, albeit almost unnoticable, but every penny counts when you are an independent business.

Why has it risen? The same reason as steel for the most part. The Chinese are buying a lot of lead for their nation and Europe has a hand in it as well. My supplier's battery vendor didn't have a lot of details but he stands to make a decent buck as well. Both markets stand to do well for a while at the sellers end, sucks if your a steel buyer such as myself.

Oh well it works both ways, send out my dead batteries and scrap sheet metal and put the extra $ towards some new higher priced stock.

Craig