The Platinum-to-Hydrogen Economy

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The manuscript's industrial conclusion is a qualified PGM-component platform, with complete electrolysers and hydrogen exports only where customers, technology partners and low-cost electricity are already contracted.

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A01Upstream positionUSGS figures used in the manuscript put 2025 South African platinum mine output at about 120,000 kilograms, roughly 71 percent of reported world output, with about 63 million kilograms of PGM reserves.low sensitivity

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R01Refined metal versus complete fuel-cell systemsIn the model, one kilogram is worth about USD38,600 as refined metal and can enable USD3.2 million of complete fuel-cell systems. The endpoints are alternatives, not a sum.modelled

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