Pressure must be applied to force platinum mining to go green, conference hears

The need for pressure to be applied to the platinum mining industry to go “green” was expressed at Nedbank CIB Mark Research’s recent conference on fuel cells in Cape Town. While platinum group metals (PGMs) have been used for decades to stop air pollution in the major cities of the world, steps are only now starting to be taken to halt carbon emissions at PGM mining operations – and then only by some companies.