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You will find here some articles related to the catalytic converter recycling business and the PGM market news.

Two Decades of Change in the Catalytic Converter Recycling…

POSTED ON 15 August 2021 BY Maxime Le Breton

Since the turn of the century, much has changed in catalytic converter recycling. The industry has become increasingly complex, technology-based and professional. Complexity has arisen from a comb...

Toll Refining - the Present and the Future

POSTED ON 9 August 2021 BY Maxime Le Breton

Among the myriad of changes we have seen over the last 20 years in the catalytic converter recycling industry, one of the most influential has been toll refining. Historically, the majority of sal...

Helpful Hints to Improved Profitability

POSTED ON 29 July 2021 BY Maxime Le Breton

The quotation, ”knowledge is power”, commonly attributed to Sir Francis Bacon, is a byword in many facets of life, and in the catalytic converter recycling market it has become equally important. I...

Benefiting from Improved Data Accuracy 🙌

POSTED ON 29 April 2021 BY Matchie T.

As with most industries, the provision of reliable and accurate data plays an increasingly major role in the catalytic converter recycling market. In the main, this has focused on the average value...

Busting the Myths in Catalytic Converter Recycling ❌

POSTED ON 19 March 2021 BY Matchie T.

The catalytic converter recycling industry is not always the honest and transparent marketplace that we would all wish to see. This can be particularly tough for the scrap catalyst collector who wa...

Rhodium Continues to Soar…where will it end?🤔

POSTED ON 24 February 2021 BY Matchie T.

Exactly one year ago (and before COVID-19’s full impact on the industrial world had manifested itself) we reported that the price of rhodium had reached an all-time high of over $10,000 per ounce,...

Handheld XRF Devices 🔍

POSTED ON 5 February 2021 BY Matchie T.

At Eco Cat News, we have frequently noted the importance of catalytic converter recyclers in determining the exact quantities of platinum, palladium, and rhodium in any given batch of catalysts. Ov...

How Scrap Catalytic Converters Are Valued 👍

POSTED ON 5 January 2021 BY Matchie T.

We all know that catalytic converters have good scrap value, primarily due to their platinum, palladium, and rhodium content, but also because of the complexity in the recycling process. The spent...

Platinum - the Most Frustrating Metal!💎

POSTED ON 14 December 2020 BY Matchie T.

For many years, particularly since the mid-1970’s up until 2011, platinum was nicknamed the “rich person’s gold” as its price was typically around 25% higher than that of gold. Since then, how...

Catalytic Converter Recycling and the Environment 🌳

POSTED ON 9 October 2020 BY Matchie T.

Those in the catalytic converter recycling business are continuously discussing and debating the financial aspects of the market - the demand for and value of new and used vehicles, the fluctuation...

You will find here some articles related to the catalytic converter recycling business and the PGM market news.