How green is platnum?

Over twenty percent of all consumer goods either contain platinum or are produced using platinum.

More than 90% of all platinum supplies come from South Africa and Russia.

Approximately 10 tons of raw ore must be mined to produce just one pure ounce of platinum.

Platinum is the rarest of the precious metals.

Over one-third of all platinum supplied to the international markets each year is used in catalytic converters to control harmful automobile emissions.

Catalytic converter platinum consumption in developing nations rose from 5,000 ounces to 205,000 ounces between 1985 and 1995.

Japanese consumers buy approximately 85% of the world’s platinum jewelry each year.

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