Palladium

Palladium has the lowest melting point of all platinum group metals, has high temperature stability and corrosion resistance, and is also the least dense of the PGMs. Crucially, palladium can absorb 900 times its own volume of hydrogen at room temperature, which makes it an efficient and safe hydrogen storage medium and purifier. Also, its chemical stability and electrical conductivity make it a more effective and durable plating than gold in electronic components.

Palladium in the news

PLATINUM GROUP METALS (Mineweb)

Palladium is an appealing investment because future jewelry and industrial demand will be strong, Norilsk Nickel ( GMKN.MM ), the world's largest palladium producer, told the Reuters Global Mining and Steel Summit.

Gold Rises on Demand for Currency Alternative; Palladium Jumps (Bloomberg)

March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Gold futures rose, capping a weekly gain, on investment demand for the metal as an alternative to holding currency. Palladium jumped to a 20-month high.

Buyout Firms Can’t Spend $503 Billion as Fund Deadlines Loom (BusinessWeek)

Buyout funds sitting on half a trillion dollars committed by investors may need more than a decade to put the money to work if deals continue at the current pace.

Palladium Rides High on Auto Recovery (TheStreet.com)

Palladium is set to generate strong investment returns during 2010, driven both by its use as a precious metal and as a replacement for platinum in automobile manufacturing.

Gold, Little Changed, May Gain for First Day in Three on Dollar (Bloomberg)

March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Gold, trading little changed in Asia, may gain for the first time in three days as a resumption in the dollar’s weakness boosts investor demand for the precious metal as an alternative asset.

Gold edges lower (The Globe and Mail)

Palladium retreats further from 2-year high

Gold Declines in New York on Stronger Dollar, Chinese Reserves (Bloomberg)

March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Gold in New York fell to the lowest price in more than a week as the a strengthening dollar reduced demand for the metal as an alternative asset and China said bullion probably won’t be the country’s main reserve investment.

Today's Local Death Notices (final update) (Palladium-Item)

Cook, Thurl K., 76, Oxford, Ohio, March 5, Smith Ogle Funeral Home, Oxford, Ohio. See obituary in Tuesday's Palladium-Item.

Santikos installing Barco digital in five San Antonio locations (Film Journal)

San Antonio, Texas-based Santikos Theatres selected Barco cinema projectors for their digital projection conversion of five additional multiplexes.

I'm With a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (AdWeek)

At first, 1986 looked bright for Anheuser-Busch. After years of steady advertising, the beer giant had successfully positioned Michelob as its premium label. Thanks to a Wall Street boom and shows like Club MTV (shot at Manhattan's Palladium), excess was cool.