Platinum-group metals : a global perspective / by C. F. Vermaak
- Author
- Vermaak, C. F. (C. Frank)
- Additional Titles
- Platinum group metals
- Published
- Randburg, South Africa : Mintek, 1995.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Physical Description
- xvi, 247 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
- Contents
- SOURCES AND RESOURCES: The Republic of South Africa -- Russia -- Finland -- Zimbabwe -- The USA -- Canada -- People's Republic of China -- The PGE in the Sedimentary Cycle -- PGE Resources of the World -- PRODUCERS AND PRODUCTS: South Africa -- Russia -- Canada -- The USA -- World PGM production -- MINING, BENEFICIATION, AND REFINING: Mining -- Beneficiation processes -- MARKETING, TRADING, PRICING, AND HISTORICAL DEMAND: Historical aspects of supply and demand -- Sales of primary PGM production -- International metals trade -- Strategic inventories -- Pricing -- Historical commercial demand for the PGM -- Some notes on the general uses of the Platinum-group metals -- PGM CATALYSIS: Historical -- The PGM in autocatalysts, catalysts for stationary engines, and industrial catalysts -- Global emission-control legislation -- Recycling of PGM in autocatalysts -- THE PGM IN JEWELLERY, COINAGE, AND INVESTMENT: Historical -- PGM and alloys for jewellery and coins -- PGM jewellery in a world context -- The PGM as an investment medium -- THE LESSER USES OF THE INDIVIDUAL PGM: Platinum -- Palladium -- Rhodium -- Ruthenium -- Iridium -- Osmium -- FUEL CELLS AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR PLATINUM CONSUMPTION: Applications -- Types of fuel cells -- Problems of commercialization -- Regional events and progress in fuel-cell manufacture -- Implications of fuel cells for Platinum consumption -- AN EXAMINATION OF FACTORS INFLUENCING THE FUTURE OF THE PGM: The current world politico-economic scenario from the consumer's viewpoint -- Politico-economic factors likely to affect future production -- A prognosis on the future supply and demand for Platinum, Palladium, and Rhodium.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0869999265
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-231).
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