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Down 20% in 7 weeks, platinum has further to fall

Frik Els | October 18, 2011 | 8:30 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Africa Europe Palladium Platinum 

Commodity Online reports platinum group metals miners may be hit by the rapid growth in the number of electric cars on the road that do not need catalytic converters. In addition, manufacturers like Nissan have slashed the use of platinum...

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