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Platinum’s drive to replace Palladium in catalytic converters
This is one topic that warrants further investigation, and that readers should be aware of. It can be challenging to identify and extract significant information from the research, so here is a plotted summary of the main points: 1. Platinum is discounted in price compared to Palladium. See the chart below and notice how from 2018 the price of Palladium went soaring higher, while Platinum moved flat to sideways. Since 2. 2016 car makers have been in discussion about replacing Palladium with Platinum. This was due to Palladium shortage and not Platinum prices. See here. 3. Fabricators expect platinum demand to ... (full story)