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For centuries, humans have gazed at the Moon, marveling at its silent beauty. Now, new research suggests thatlunar craters ...
Mining craters on the moon could be more practical than extracting precious metals from asteroids, but it might also ...
What Happened: According to a study published in Planetary and Space Science, ancient asteroid strikes deposited platinum group metals (PGMs) across the lunar surface. As per The Times, the estimated ...
Gold and precious metals are leaking from Earth's core into the layers above, eventually making their way to our planet's ...
The global supply of platinum is primarily dominated by South Africa, which accounts for about 70-75 % of production. Russia, Zimbabwe, and North America also contribute significantly. The extraction ...
Cutters often sell the stolen converters to scrap recyclers, who then extract the pure platinum and palladium. So how much platinum and palladium does your catalytic converter contain?
so minimising its use is important to reduce system cost and limit platinum extraction. Now, in a study published this week in Nature, the team have designed and tested a catalyst that uses as ...
Ruthenium is a precious metal that is obtained in small quantities as a by-product of platinum extraction (30 tonnes per year, as compared to the annual production of 200 tonnes of platinum ...