On May 17, 2023, the Company reported that exploration borehole WE153 had intercepted platinum group metals mineralization consistent with both the T Zone and F Zone as found within the mineral ...
Pt-Pd-(±Ni) sulfides such as cooperite and braggite are the dominant platinum-group minerals in the Merensky Reef and the UG2 of the Bushveld Complex, while (Pt,Pd)-bismuthotelluride minerals ...
List of the Platinum Group Metals. The six platinum group metals are: Ruthenium (Ru) Rhodium (Rh) Palladium (Pd) Osmium (Os) Iridium (Ir) Platinum (Pt) Properties of Platinum Group Metals. The …
The platinum group elements (PGE) consist of platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), rhodium (Rh), ruthenium (Ru), osmium (Os) and iridium (Ir), and always occur together in various types of mineral deposits, typically with variable grades of Ni, Cu, Co and Au. Some mine producers are PGE-dominant whilst others are Ni-dominant.
The microstructure of platinum-group minerals was then analyzed using a FEI Tecnai G2 F20 TEM equipped with a field-emission gun electron source, a Gatan imaging filter GIF™, an EDAX X-ray analyzer and a Fishione high-angle annular dark field (HAADF) detector at the Nanjing University. To avoid collecting Bragg scattered …
PLATINUM-GROUP METALS. Domestic Production and Use: One company in Montana produced PGMs with an estimated value of about $880 million. Small quantities of primary PGMs also were recovered as byproducts of copper-nickel mining in Michigan; however, this material was sold to foreign companies for refining. The leading domestic use for …
Platinum-group minerals (PGM) are important host phases for platinum-group elements (PGE) in magmatic sulfide deposits. Recent studies have demonstrated that some PGM, such as sperrylite, can crystallize early from sulfide liquids. It is important to determine whether and how these PGM particles affect the enrichment and differentiation …
The chromitites of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa contain vast resources of platinum-group elements (PGE); however, except for the economic upper group (UG)-2 chromitite seam, information on the distribution of the PGE in the ores and on the mineralogical nature, assemblages, and proportions of platinum-group minerals …
Description. Platinum (element #78, symbol Pt) is a dense, silvery-gray metal. The platinum group of elements consists of metals with similar physical properties to platinum and these elements are among the …
The platinum-group minerals (PGM) are a diverse group of minerals that concentrate the platinum-group elements (PGE; Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pt, and Pd). At the time of writing, the International ...
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Values in parentheses are mass fraction of platinum group elements (PGEs) in platinum group minerals (PGMs) (0.1, 0.5, or 1) and bulk rock PGE content (1 or 20 ppb), respectively. (C) Calculated distance between PGM grains as a function of grain diameter. Values in brackets as for B. Horizontal and gray bars show best estimates for …
A re-examination by electron probe microanalysis of the holotype sample of the platinum-group mineral borishanskiite, previously defined as Pd1+x(As,Pb)2 with x …
The Platinum Group Elements (PGE: Osmium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Platinum, and Palladium), also known as platinum group metals and platinoids, are transition metals located in the d-block of the Periodic Table of Elements (Groups VIII, IX, and X, Periods 5 and 6).The atomic radii of the Os, Ir, and Pt subgroup, caused by …
The mineral and the name were approved by the Commission on New Minerals Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA no. 2022-076) based on data in the co-type samples from Onverwacht and a co-type sample from the Yubdo stream, Birbir River, Ethiopia.
The platinum-group elements (PGEs)—platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, and osmium—are metals that have similar physical and chemical properties and tend to occur together in nature. PGEs are indispensable to many industrial applications but are mined in only a few places. The availability and accessibility of PGEs could be disrupted …
A lluvial platinum-group minerals (PGM) in the western hills of the Freetown Peninsula, Sierra Leone, West Africa were first found in 1926 (Junner, Reference Junner 1929, Reference Junner 1930; Pollet, Reference Pollett 1931, Reference Pollett 1951).
Platinum (Pt) is a rare and valuable metal that is widely used in various industrial applications due to its unique properties. Platinum ore refers to the naturally occurring rocks or minerals that …
The platinum group metals or PGMs are a cluster of six transition metals on the periodic table. They are noble and precious metals with chemical and physical properties similar to that of platinum and occurring in the same ore deposits. The platinum group metals are rare, durable, useful, and highly valuable.
Platinum group minerals in the OH330 ore are formed in a wide temperature range (from 900 to 400°С) and are mainly represented by Pt Fe alloys, bismuth-tellurides, and tellurides (kotulskite, keitconnite, sopcheite, moncheite, michenerite, and merenskyite), as well as arsenides (sperrylite). Erlichmanite and hollingworthite are …
The most common platinum-group mineral is sopcheite and the Skouries deposit contains a greater variety of PGM than reported for other PGE-enriched porphyries. The platinum-group minerals in Skouries are small, 52 µm 2 on average. They are hosted predominantly as spherical minerals on the boundary between sulphides and silicates, …
The article focuses on platinum group metals (PGMs) and their properties. According to the author, PGMs, which include iridium, osmium, palladium, platinum, rhodium, and ruthenium, are among the rarest mineral commodities in the Earth's crust. PGMs are primarily used as catalytic converters that clean harmful exhaust from vehicle …
Demand for iridium, platinum, rhodium, and ruthenium in the chemical and electrochemical industries also increased. The estimated annual average price for platinum in 2023 increased by 3%, and that for iridium was unchanged compared with the average prices in 2022. The estimated annual average price for other PGMs in 2023 decreased— by 51% ...
Statistical Compendium. Platinum-Group Metals. Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of the mineral commodities iridium, osmium, …
Abstract. Methods of characterizing and recovering the platinum group minerals are reviewed in this paper. First, a classification of platinum group minerals (PGMs) ore types is briefly introduced, followed by the introduction of some representative platinum group minerals. Second, the sample preparation techniques for mineralogy …
The extraction process routes to recover high purity of platinum group elements are also reviewed. The classification briefly describes the different types of ore deposits. The mineralogical analysis gives a general idea about the distribution and behavior of the platinum group element ores; also it helps to choose the beneficiation …
Abstract Podiform chromitites, a part of Nidar ophiolite complex from the Indus Suture Zone (ISZ), southeast Ladakh, host significant platinum-group elements (PGE) and platinum-group of minerals. These high Cr chromitites are found to be enveloped within the dunite rocks in the form of massive, semi-massive and stringers …
The platinum-group minerals (PGM) are a diverse group of minerals that concentrate the platinum-group elements (PGE; Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pt, and Pd). At the time of writing, the International ...
To gain further insights into the genesis of platinum-group minerals, we have carried out a combined mineralogical, HSE abundance, and Re–Os isotope study of chromitites and PGM from the major rock types of the Kondyor massif. The samples studied were collected from: (1) chromitites within the dunite core (zone A), and (2) apatite …
The primary platinum group minerals (PGM) in the Merensky Reef are cooperite (PtS), braggite ((Pt,Pd)NiS), sperrylite (PtAs 2), and PGE alloys. While min-erals such as laurite (RuS 2) can also be abundant. Typical PGE grades in the Merensky Reef are about 3 8 g/t [15,16]. The UG2 Reef is composed of the gangue mineral chromite with lesser ...
Imports for consumption of platinum-group metals (PGMs), including waste and scrap, were 14,800 kilograms (kg) in April 2022, a decrease of 13% compared with imports in March 2022, and a decrease of 42% compared with imports in April 2021 (table 1). The leading import sources for PGMs into the United States in April 2022 were, in descending …