[Cody Reeder] noticed that the weight of platinum in a catalytic converter taken from a scrap vehicle is significantly less than that of a new one. Some of that metal has escaped, so where has it ...

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, ...

The team from Cardiff is trying to figure out the best place to find the platinum which is slowly emitted from our own tailpipes from our catalytic converters. One possible source: road cleaners.

Because they use more fuel they have to have more elements like platinum in their catalytic converters." How farmers and ...

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 ...

Precious metals like palladium, rhodium and platinum ... worth salvaging and recycling when the car is scrapped. Unfortunately, these precious metals also make catalytic converters a target ...