Why precious metals will be key materials in 2040

Yoshiro Shindo (left), Deputy General Manager of TANAKA Precious Metals’ Marketing Department, Global Marketing / R&D Division; and Koichi Sakairi, Executive Researcher of the Technology Supervisory Development Head Office, Isehara Technical Center. TANAKA

Why precious metals will be key materials in 2040

How will the relationship between auto manufacturing and precious metals change in the future?

We asked two key people at TANAKA Precious Metals (TANAKA) to share their deep knowledge of the market for precious metals to be used in automobiles.

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