Battery Metals 2021/22: Demand for battery metals surging and the role that platinum

and the role that platinum will play in unlocking the green hydrogen economy

domestic new-vehicle sales continued to contract in 2024

This six-page brief is a synopsis of key developments in the oil and gas sector over the past 12 months

Published on 03 October 2025

Mabasa said at the Southern African Transport Conference in July 2022

Battery Metals 2021/22: Demand for battery metals surging and the role that platinumAs the world increasingly turns towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonisation, the use of electric vehicles and stationary energy storage systems is expected to increase. The International Energy Agency estimates that nearly 10 000 GWh y of batteries and other energy storage technologies will be needed by 2040. As demand for batteries increases, so will demand for the metals and minerals that are needed to manufacture them; and with