Industry
Automotive (Emissions Systems)
The segment of vehicle manufacturing responsible for pollution-control components like catalytic converters, a major end-use for platinum, palladium and rhodium.
Covered in 2 MetalsCost.com News Intelligence articles, most recently on September 25, 2026.
Coverage
Rhodium
TD Forecasts Rhodium's First Surplus Since 2022 as Autocatalyst Demand Softens
Falling rhodium prices would lower catalytic converter input costs for automakers, though the shift is driven by declining internal-combustion vehicle sales rather than a change in emissions-system technology.
Platinum
New Research Suggests Platinum Tracks Inflation Better Than Gold
Platinum's use in vehicle emissions systems is one of the direct channels linking its price to real-economy industrial activity, per the study's findings.
