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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||
| SALIENT PLATINUM-GROUP METALS STATISTICS1- | |||||||||||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||
| Mine production: | |||||||||||
| Palladium, Pd content:2 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | kilograms | 11,600 | 12,400 | 12,300 | 12,600 | 12,400 | |||||
| Value | thousands | $199,000 | $295,000 | $257,000 | $295,000 | $324,000 | |||||
| Platinum, Pt content:2 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | kilograms | 3,450 | 3,700 | 3,670 | 3,720 | 3,660 | |||||
| Value | thousands | $179,000 | $205,000 | $184,000 | $178,000 | $163,000 | |||||
| Refinery production: | |||||||||||
| Palladium, Pd content: | |||||||||||
| Quantity | kilograms | 6,820 | 17,500 | 21,000 | 23,900 | 23,700 | |||||
| Value | thousands | $116,000 | $414,000 | $438,000 | $499,000 | $495,000 | |||||
| Platinum, Pt content: | |||||||||||
| Quantity | kilograms | 5,410 | 15,500 | 16,600 | 19,100 | 18,900 | |||||
| Value | thousands | $281,000 | $859,000 | $831,000 | $956,000 | $946,000 | |||||
| Imports for consumption, refined: | |||||||||||
| Iridium, Ir content | kilograms | 3,530 | 2,790 | 1,230 | 1,720 | 1,990 | |||||
| Osmium, Os content | do. | 76 | 48 | 130 | 77 | 322 | |||||
| Palladium, Pd content | do. | 70,700 | 98,900 | 80,100 | 83,100 | 92,400 | |||||
| Platinum, includes waste, scrap, and coins, Pt content | do. | 152,000 | 129,000 | 172,000 | 116,000 | 141,000 | |||||
| Rhodium, Rh content | do. | 12,800 | 13,100 | 12,800 | 11,100 | 11,100 | |||||
| Ruthenium, Ru content | do. | 14,100 | 13,300 | 10,200 | 15,300 | 11,100 | |||||
| Exports, refined: | |||||||||||
| Iridium, osmium, and ruthenium, gross weight | do. | 3,720 | 1,150 | 1,640 | 1,320 | 901 | |||||
| Palladium, Pd content | do. | 38,100 | 32,000 | 32,200 | 25,900 | 22,500 | |||||
| Platinum, Pt content | do. | 16,900 | 11,300 | 8,630 | 11,200 | 14,800 | |||||
| Rhodium, Rh content | do. | 2,320 | 1,370 | 1,040 | 1,220 | 428 | |||||
| Stocks, National Defense Stockpile, December 31: | |||||||||||
| Iridium, Ir content | do. | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | |||||
| Platinum, Pt content | do. | 261 | 261 | 261 | 261 | 261 | |||||
| Price, average: | |||||||||||
| Iridium3 | dollars per troy ounce | 642.15 | 1,035.87 | 1,066.23 | 826.45 | 556.19 | |||||
| Palladium3 | do. | 530.61 | 738.51 | 649.27 | 729.58 | 809.89 | |||||
| Platinum3 | do. | 1,615.56 | 1,724.51 | 1,555.39 | 1,489.57 | 1,387.89 | |||||
| Rhodium3 | do. | 2,459.07 | 2,024.35 | 1,274.98 | 1,069.10 | 1,174.23 | |||||
| Ruthenium3 | do. | 198.45 | 165.85 | 112.26 | 75.63 | 65.13 | |||||
| Employment | 1,350 | 1,570 | 1,660 | 1,770 | 1,620 | ||||||
| World, mine production, PGM content | kilograms | 473,000 | r | 491,000 | r | 423,000 | 455,000 | r | 393,000 | ||
| rRevised. do. Ditto. | |||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to three significant digits, except prices. | |||||||||||
| 2Source: Stillwater Mining Co., 2015a, 2014 annual report: Billings, MT, Stillwater Mining Co., p. 51. | |||||||||||
| 3Price data are annual averages of daily Engelhard unfabricated quotations published in Platts Metals Daily. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
