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What’s driving the platinum group metals market?
Precious metals are naturally materialising commodities with high monetary value due to their rarity, durability, intrinsic properties, and diverse applications. In part three of the precious metals feature series, Mining.com.au digs deep into the other lesser known suite of precious metals the platinum group metals (PGMs) – iridium, palladium, platinum, osmium, rhodium, and ruthenium. Exceptionally rare, PGMs (sometimes referred to as PGEs) have similar physical and chemical properties and tend to occur, in varying proportions, together in the same geological deposit. In terms of abundance in the Earth’s crust, ... (full story)