Platinum, a metal that helps craft aesthetically pleasing jewelry, also finds use in a car's exhaust for entirely non-aesthetic reasons. The catalytic converter is required on nearly every car to ...

Platinum has been considered a precious metal for a couple thousand years now, with folks in both hemispheres using it to show off their conspicuous consumption since about 700 BCE. This is partly ...

The precious metals, such as platinum, palladium and rhodium, in catalytic converters make the vehicle devices attractive to thieves, but researchers are working to reduce the amount of precious ...

Mineworx’s disruptive technology will be used in a new plant that will produce platinum and palladium and is projected to generate up to $100 million in revenue annually. Mineworx Technologies Ltd.

NYC saw a rise of 5,000 cases of catalytic converter thefts in just one year. Los Angeles has seen an increase in the issue too, with "thefts on the daily." Palladium, one of the precious metals found ...

Not only could the research make catalytic converters less attractive to thieves, but it could also help the environment. ORLANDO, Jan. 30, 2023 – The precious metals, such as platinum, palladium and ...