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A native platinum nugget, Kondyor mine, Khabarovsk Krai Platinum-palladium ore, Stillwater mine, Beartooth Mountains, Montana, US Sulfidic serpentintite (platinum-palladium ore) from Stillwater Mine, Beartooth Mountains, Montana, USA. Platinum is an extremely rare metal, [26] occurring at a concentration of only 0.005 ppm in Earth's crust.
South Africa, with vast platinum ore deposits in the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld complex, is the world's largest producer of platinum, followed by Russia. [19] [20] Platinum and palladium are also mined commercially from the Stillwater igneous complex in Montana, USA. Leaders of primary platinum production are South Africa and Russia ...
Rank Country/Region Platinum production (kilograms) Year World 180,000 2019 1: South Africa: 130,000 2019 2: Russia: 22,000 2019 3: Zimbabwe: 15,000 2019 4: Canada
This ore sample grades to around 2.5 ounces of Pd-Pt per ton of rock, with a Pd-Pt ratio of about 3:1. Another sample of Platinum-palladium ore from the Stillwater mine. The Stillwater mine and mill. Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE: SWC) is a palladium and platinum mining company with headquarters located at Littleton, Colorado, United States.
Chile. List of countries by lithium production. Manganese [14] South Africa. China. List of countries by manganese production. Mercury [15] China.
Platinum price 1970-2022 Platinum price 1880–2011 Platinum price 1968–2012. Platinum is traded as an ETF (exchange-traded fund) on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol LSE: PHPT and on the New York Stock Exchange as ticker symbols PPLT and PLTM [13] There are also several ETNs (exchange-traded note) available, [14] some of which are inverse to the price of platinum.
Diamond and gold production are now well down from their peaks, though South Africa is still fifth in worldwide gold production, [ 3 ] but remains a cornucopia of mineral riches. It is the world's largest producer [ 4 ] of chrome, manganese, platinum, vanadium and vermiculite. It is the second largest producer [ 4 ] of ilmenite, palladium ...
Anglo American plc is a British multinational mining company with headquarters in London, England. It is the world's largest producer of platinum, with around 40% of world output, as well as being a major producer of diamonds, copper, nickel, iron ore, polyhalite and steelmaking coal. The company has operations in Africa, Asia, Australia ...