Platinum, a metal that helps craft aesthetically pleasing jewelry, also finds use in a car's exhaust for entirely non-aesthetic reasons. The catalytic converter is required on nearly every car to ...

Platinum is much rarer than gold and it has a greater utility as well. It's frequently found in catalytic converters and solar panels. Platinum is a heavier metal and less resistant to chemical ...

Reports of catalytic converter thefts in Fresno dropped by 60% after federal authorities arrested a man who was selling thousands of the stolen car part for a profit of more than $2.5 million.

Platinum has significant industrial uses (catalytic converters, jewelry) and potential as an investment asset, making it distinct from purely monetary precious metals. Platinum has historically ...

“The converters aren’t worth what they used to be,” said Joseph Dimaio, FTS Automotive Repair office manager. Dimaio said the price of the platinum inside the catalytic converters has ...

Chambersburg Police say the suspect cut the part free of a vehicle at a dealership on Sheller Avenue, then left in a black ...

Catalytic converters are part of a vehicle’s exhaust system and are commonly stolen because of the precious metals they contain, such as platinum, palladium and rhodium. According to Wagoner ...

Gold prices have reached record highs due to investor fear, inflation hedging, and shifts in U.S. monetary policy ...

osmium and platinum. Palladium is most notably used in automobile catalytic converters, as well as in groundwater treatment, various chemical applications, medicine, dentistry, hydrogen ...