Total demand for rhodium, net of recycling, is forecast to climb by 2 per cent to 844,000 oz in 2006.
Overall use of rhodium in autocatalysts will increase, due to growing production of vehicles in the Rest of the World region and to continuing tightening of global emission legislation.
The glass industry is expected to consume less metal in 2006 than in 2005, due to an easing of the pace of construction of LCD glass manufacturing facilities.

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