The volume of 1kg of platinumis (1000/21.45) cm3 , that is approximately 50 cm3 . So 1tonne of platinum has an approximate volume of 50,000 cm3 , or 1/20 m3 .Soabout5m^3 ofplatinumisproducedperyear,andsothetotalvolumeeverproducedis250m^3 measuring 10m5m5m,which issimilar to the size of a house.