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Platinum group metals suffer from low car sales and idle mines

Record prices for palladium and rhodium have gone into reverse as car sales continue to plunge in the wake of…

Record quarterly deficit for platinum

Platinum demand in quarter one significantly exceeded the ‘strong’ mine supply during the same period, according to the World Platinum…

Lower platinum surplus expected in 2019

There will be a platinum surplus will be 10% lower in 2019 compared tot his year, reveals the The World…

Platinum group metals innovation from South Africa saves a lot more energy

Platinum group metals represent an attractive market for recyclers in various parts of the world. A new player stepping onto…

Platinum demand from the automotive sector ‘will remain firm’ in 2018

Global – Overall demand for platinum is forecast to increase by 2% in 2018 compared to the full year 2017,…

Primary and secondary platinum supply to shrink

Global – Platinum supply is projected to fall by 2% year-on-year to 7,330 koz in 2017, according to the World…

Trends for platinum group metals 2016-2017

Global – Platinum derived from the global autocat recycling initiative rose 3.9% in 2016 to 1.235 million ounces compared to…

‘Muted’ growth in platinum recycling supply

Global – The World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) has increased its platinum deficit forecast for this year by some 64…

‘Small deficit’ for platinum this year?

Global – ‘Last year, autocatalyst scrap recycling recorded its second biggest drop in the case of platinum and its single…

Recycled platinum supply expected to rebound in 2016

Global – Global supply from recycled platinum fell by 15% last year to 1.725 million oz, according to the latest…

Platinum and palladium deficits yield weak price response

Global – Speciality chemicals company Johnson Matthey expects deficits for both platinum and palladium to persist this year, researcher Peter…