If they have gained mass it could be because the platinum based ingots have absorbed mercury from the atmosphere or hydrogen from the solvents used to clean the ingots.
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The mine is located in the Western Bushveld area of South Africa, about 20 kilometers from the giant Rustenburg mine owned by Impala Platinum, and sits in the heart of South African platinum production, said Kris Begic, vice president of corporate development for the Vancouver-based Platinum Group Metals.
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The emergence of hit prediction programs such as this -- New York-based Platinum Blue Music Intelligence provides a similar service -- raises concerns that the creative element of writing music would be eroded by breaking it down into mathematical algorithms.
Willi Boehm, an executive at Perth, Australia-based Aquarius Platinum Ltd.
The company reports revenue based on a platinum product price that anyone who signs up as a distributor avoids, which makes the business model seem less reliant on recruiting incentives.
Because of their industrial use, platinum tends to trade more like copper, based on industrial demand, than as a precious metal.
Anglo American derived about 42% of its revenues from mines in South Africa in 2008, and the majority of its operations--including key segments like Anglo Platinum, De Beers and coal mines--are based there.
Platinum production, for instance, faces no end of trouble, being mostly based in South Africa.
The Zevco fuel cell uses an efficient, silver-based catalyst to promote the electricity-producing reaction, instead of a traditional platinum one.
Now this is a San Francisco-based tech loving guy who tried every trick the internet offered, and then called his American Express Platinum Card travel agent, and none of it got the fare down one cent.
Based in Toronto, Franco-Nevada is a gold focused royalty and stream company with additional interests in platinum group metals and other resource assets.
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