Analysts cited an expectation that automotive sales will pick up in the key markets of China and the U.S. Both markets tend to rely upon gasoline-powered vehicles than can use palladium in auto catalysts, whereas the European market relies more upon diesel-powered vehicles that need more-expensive platinum.

FORBES: Demand For Auto Catalysts Seen Picking Up

Oxidation catalysts and other emissions controls can be installed to reduce the polluting effect of diesel generation and it must also be considered that peak-shaving DR resources will displace peaking units which are the most pollution-heavy resources on the supply-dispatch curve that are also closest to load centers.

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