Here is Will Horner’s piece on platinum and palladium in the Wall Street Journal:
“As key ingredients in catalytic converters, both metals are at the forefront of global efforts to reduce the harmful emissions from car exhausts. But the price of platinum, which is used in diesel-engine catalytic converters, has stagnated as those cars have lost ground to gasoline-powered automobiles, which use palladium.
That trend is intensifying as China’s gasoline-dominated auto markets rebound, while Europe’s diesel-heavy car sector struggles amid rising new coronavirus cases and lockdowns, analysts said.“
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