[Cody Reeder] noticed that the weight of platinum in a catalytic converter taken from a scrap ... with sweeper trucks could have the metal extracted at a more profitable level.

We also know the these devices are targets for thieves seeking the platinum (and other metals like palladium and rhodium) found inside. Now we know exactly how catalytic converters work and the ...

Most of it is extracted as a byproduct in the mining of other metals, usually platinum and nickel. Its key commercial use is as a critical component in catalytic converters - a part of a car's ...

Catalytic converters contain metals such as platinum and rhodium which fetch high prices on the black market. When values of these metals go up it usually leads to a spate of thefts, the RAC and ...

A catalytic converter is essentially a tube with a honeycomb interior that is plated with metals like palladium or platinum ...

Canada-based Regenx Tech Corp., which recovers platinum group metals (PGMs) from end-of-life diesel catalytic converters, says operations at its Greeneville, Tennessee, facility have resumed, ...