Palladium and platinum, interesting to us almost solely because of their industrial uses in auto catalytic converters, may see a change in their supply picture in the coming years. Palladium and platinum, which are essentially both extracted at the same mines and from the same ore, have had nearly identical price movements in 2011, starting [...]
by Taras Berezowsky on September 13, 2011
Style: Commentary
Category: Automotive, Commodities, Investing Hedging, Metal Prices, Non-ferrous Metals, Precious Metals, Supply & Demand
Keywords: China, Non-ferrous Metals, Palladium, Platinum, Precious Metals
MetalMiner coverage has underserved the platinum-group metals (PGMs) market lately, but recent releases of US auto sales and certain M&A activity have both conspired to bring them back on our radar. One recent acquisition saw Stillwater Mining of Billings, Mt., snap up Peregrine Metals, which opens the former up to copper and gold. Hard Assets [...]
Generally we don’t spend much coverage time or space on minor metals, but the latest news in the iridium market made us perk up our ears. The price of iridium more than quadrupled last year, which put the precious metal’s price per troy ounce over $1000 and all-time high. Like other precious metals, namely platinum, [...]
In line with Stuart’s and my recent articles, palladium is hot, and platinum not so much. (In saying that, I am, of course, speaking rather relatively.) While Middle East unrest and European sovereign debt concerns push oil prices beyond $100 a barrel and gold prices are at all-time highs, other precious metals may be overlooked [...]
Is there no end to the strength of the palladium price? Johnson Matthey, producer and refiner of Platinum Group Metals (PGM’s), raised its financial forecast last week on the back of 32 percent growth in the quarter aided by prices of palladium and platinum, the FT said. Back in November the refiner called out a [...]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKL254Y_jtc[/youtube] Arguably the best commercial that aired on Super Bowl Sunday featured the rapper Eminem, the city of Detroit and an ostensibly reinvigorated Chrysler Corp. hawking the new Chrysler 200. To say nothing of the quality of the videography and editing which were excellent the ad was more an explicit endorsement for Detroit itself, showing [...]
Source: graduatefinance.com 1. “Green Police, Audi and What Diesel Means for Platinum and Palladium (Insert your favorite car sound effect here.) 2. “Platinum, Palladium and Rhodium Price Forecasts 2010 Not surprisingly, the best read of the PGM posts. 3. “Palladium, Where to Now? Shortly after the predictions were published, Stuart examined whether palladium would undergo [...]
by Taras Berezowsky on December 2, 2010
Style: Industry News
Category: Green, Non-ferrous Metals, Precious Metals, Supply & Demand
Keywords: Copper, Gold, Green, Molybdenum, Non-ferrous Metals, Palladium, Precious Metals, Silver
Source: National Geographic magazine; Photo by Michael Melford As I unwrapped the plastic mailer from my December issue of National Geographic magazine, the second-from-last headline on the cover caught my eye. It read: “Alaska’s Choice: Gold or Salmon? The words “Alaska, “gold and “salmon intrigued me. Alaska, because I consider myself a camping/hiking/all-around outdoors enthusiast [...]