Platinum: Relationships

Every element and industry that Platinum is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

• Palladium: Platinum and palladium are mined together in South Africa and Russia and do the same job in car exhaust catalysts, so carmakers swap between them on price and a shift in either metal's supply or price reaches the other. (researched)
• Rhodium: Rhodium is a small by-product of the same South African reefs that are mined for platinum and palladium, so its supply follows platinum-group mining decisions rather than its own price, which is why rhodium prices swing far more than platinum's. (researched)
• Autocatalysts: Platinum is a raw material for autocatalysts.
• Chemical process catalysts: Platinum is a raw material for chemical process catalysts.
• Combustion road vehicles: Their prices have moved together.
• Diamonds: Their prices have moved together.
• Education and research: Education and research depends on platinum.
• Electrolysers: Electrolysers needs platinum.
• Fuel cells: Fuel cells needs platinum.
• Gold: Their prices have moved together.
• Machinery and equipment: Machinery and equipment depends on platinum.
• Medical devices: Medical devices depends on platinum.
• Silver: Their prices have moved together.
• Vehicles, ships, rail, aircraft: Vehicles, ships, rail, aircraft depends on platinum.