Demand for platinum is expected to shoot after Unki Mine's parent company, Anglo American Platinum and Platinum Group of Metals launched a next generation battery technology that uses platinum and palladium.
The new venture, Lion Battery Technologies, is expected to boost the development of battery technologies using the precious minerals.
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