31 Jul 2008

World 'needs Australia's platinum to build cleaner cars'

An Australian researcher has warned that the drive to put cleaner, hydrogen-fuelled cars on the road will stall unless new reserves of platinum are found.

Platinum is one of the key components of catalytic converters, catalysing carbon monoxide from exhaust fumes.

It is also a critical component of fuel cells for hydrogen-powered cars.

However 80 per cent of the world's reserves come from just three mines.
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