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.

Thieves are stealing the part of vehicle exhausts that clean up emissions, because they are made using valuable metals like ...

The global platinum market will be in a structural deficit for a third consecutive year in 2025 as mine supply remains ...

G-Unit Core, a recycler of scrap metal and automobile catalytic converters, has been fined $2.5 million and had its operating ...

INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales has issued a significant enforcement sanction against G Unit Core Inc., ...

Indiana has fined G Unit Core Inc. $2.5 million and revoked its license after uncovering violations tied to catalytic ...

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 ...

[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 ...

Precious metals recycler says its hurricane-damaged facility in Greeneville, Tennessee, is back online and some workers have been recalled. Regenx says flooding in and near Greeneville, Tennessee, ...

Anecdotally, thefts of catalytic converters tend to rise when platinum and palladium prices ... Trade association the British Metals Recycling Association has said stretched resources mean the ...