Platinum Group of Metals

Platinum is one of earth’s rarest metals. It belongs to a group of metals known as Platinum Group of metals (PGMs), which consists of six elements – platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, osmium; and is associated with the following base metals, nickel, copper and cobalt.

Platinum, palladium and rhodium, the most economically significant of the PGMs, are found in the largest quantities. The remaining PGMs are produced as co-products.