A boom in electric vehicles is stoking demand for a wide range of metals, a shift some investors believe will have a far-reaching impact on commodity prices around the world. Investors eager to get in early have doubled the price of lithium and cobalt—key components of electric-car batteries—in the past two years. Shares of companies that claim to sit on deposits of the metals have soared this year, too, even though some have yet to bring any production to market.

Source: Wall Street Journal December 10, 2017 12:56 UTC