Deflating speculative bubble of catalyzer precious metals

For more than three years, palladium has been more expensive than gold. At best gold briefly reached parity. For one ounce of Rhodium you paid, at its peak price, more than tenfold the price of gold at that moment. Both anomalies have since disappeared. Is the speculative bubble of catalyzer precious metals deflating?

Diverging price trends of 'white' precious metals

There is a lot of complaining going on about 'white precious metals'. In some cases producers are struggling to remain profitable, let alone to stay afloat. In other cases industrial consumers are trying to find ways to reduce the amount needed of those expensive metals having even multiplied in price.