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Platinum has potential to be three-times-bigger $35bn-a-year industry
Data key to long-term optimization
And, prize potentially large in platinum fuel cell and hydrogen growth
Platinum has potential to be three-times-bigger $35bn-a-year industry
Instead of being the $11-billion-a -year type industry that it is today, the platinum business has the potential to be a $35-billion-a-year industry by 2050.
Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter:
Data key to long-term optimization
Describing data as the “new oil” or “new water” of the world, Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Mechatronics and Control president emphasised the importance of changing data from “just data to insights”.
SAIMC president Annemarie van Coller:
Prize potentially large in platinum fuel cell and hydrogen growth
Significant growth in fuel cells and hydrogen is now almost certain and the prize for South Africa remains potentially large.
E4tech director Professor Dr David Hart:
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