Most vehicles need catalytic converters not only so they perform at their best, but also because it's the law. Here's how they work and why they are required.

In recent years, however, converter thefts have massively increased as the market for the their precious metals, including trace amounts of palladium ... and need to remove your catalytic ...

Organised criminals can remove catalytic converters from under a vehicle in a matter of minutes. Catalytic converters contain precious metals such as rhodium, platinum and palladium which ‘clean’ ...

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

They are relatively easy to remove from a car ... Anecdotally, thefts of catalytic converters tend to rise when platinum and palladium prices are high. But it is hard to find figures for how ...

Russia’s MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC is the biggest producer of palladium, which is mainly used in catalytic converters for automobiles ... The possibility of removing Russian palladium from ...