Rhodium
Rhodium has excellent catalytic features. Rhodium is used in many industrial processes because of its high melting point, high temperature stability and corrosion resistance. Rhodium's hardness makes it an excellent alloying agent to harden platinum.
Rhodium spot price in USD
Rhodium in the news
PGM output edges higher at Smokey Hills in Q2 2010 30th July 2010
Platinum Australia saw pgm output at its flagship mine in South Africa increase in the second quarter of 2010, it has been confirmed. The company revealed that production at Smokey Hills rose by five per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis to 8,680 oz pgm 4E (platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold).
Third quarter production increase for Aquarius Platinum 30th July 2010
Aquarius Platinum recorded an increase in production in the final quarter of its financial year.
Platinum Group Metals Price Bulletin - 26th July 2010 to 30th July 2010
As the dollar slipped back there was some renewed buying interest in commodities as investors looked for better returns. The base metals complex was well supported in a further sign of the strength in "industrial" metals.
Thieves target catalytic converters
LAS CRUCES - David Casteel never gave much thought to his catalytic converter until it went missing Wednesday.
Quantum fractals at the border of magnetism
Physicists are reporting new results from experiments on the perplexing class of materials that includes high-temperature superconductors. The team reports the unexpected discovery of a simple fractal form of electronic excitations in ultra-low-temperature quantum magnets at the border of magnetism.
Go West, Young Man... Waaay West
Another overnight period of tight trading ranges and agonizingly slow business unfolded ahead of Thursday’s New York session opening. Gold was confined to an $1,162.50-$1,170.40 price channel but gyrated mainly around the $1,165 figure.
Challenges continue at Platinum Aus mine
Quarterly production from flagship mine rises. 29 Jul 2010 9:03 PM
Aquarius Platinum Considering Closing Its Blue Ridge Mine For Seven Months
Aquarius Platinum Ltd. , the fourth- largest producer of the metal, may shut the Blue Ridge mine it bought last year in South Africa for as long as seven months to improve safety and efficiency.
PLATINUM GROUP METALS
Aquarius Platinum (AQP.L: Quote ), the world's fourth-largest primary platinum producer, said its fourth-quarter output rose 12 percent amid higher precious metal prices.
Quantum fractals at the border of magnetism
( Rice University ) Physicists from Rice University, the Max Planck Institute and the Vienna University of Technology are reporting new results from experiments on the perplexing class of materials that includes high-temperature superconductors. In this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, the team reports the unexpected discovery of a simple fractal form of electronic ...
