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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||||
| SALIENT PLATINUM-GROUP METALS STATISTICS1� | |||||||||||||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||||
| Mine production: | |||||||||||||||
| Palladium, Pd content:2 | |||||||||||||||
| Quantity | kilograms | 14,000 | 13,700 | 13,300 | 14,400 | 12,800 | |||||||||
| Value | thousands | $91,400 | $102,000 | $87,100 | $150,000 | $148,000 | |||||||||
| Platinum, Pt content:2 | |||||||||||||||
| Q | kilograms | 4,170 | 4,040 | 3,920 | 4,290 | 3,860 | |||||||||
| Value | thousands | $93,100 | $110,000 | $113,000 | $158,000 | $162,000 | |||||||||
| Refinery production: | |||||||||||||||
| Palladium, Pd content: | |||||||||||||||
| Quantity | kilograms | 7,250 | 5,480 | 5,220 | 5,660 | 7,410 | |||||||||
| Value | thousands | $47,300 | $41,000 | $34,100 | $58,700 | $85,100 | |||||||||
| Platinum, Pt content: | |||||||||||||||
| Q | kilograms | 17,000 | 16,700 | 6,360 | 6,870 | 8,930 | |||||||||
| Value | thousands | $379,000 | $456,000 | $184,000 | $253,000 | $375,000 | |||||||||
| Imports for consumption, refined: | |||||||||||||||
| Iridium, Ir content | kilograms | 2,200 | 3,230 | 3,010 | 2,800 | 3,410 | |||||||||
| Osmium, Os content | do. | 53 | 75 | 39 | 56 | 23 | |||||||||
| Palladium, Pd content | do. | 105,000 | 127,000 | 139,000 | 119,000 | 113,000 | |||||||||
| Platinum, includes waste, scrap, and coins, Pt content | do. | 88,500 | 86,400 | 106,000 | 114,000 | 181,000 | |||||||||
| Rhodium, Rh content | do. | 12,000 | 13,200 | 13,600 | 15,900 | 16,600 | |||||||||
| Ruthenium, Ru content | do. | 15,900 | 18,800 | 23,200 | 36,000 | 48,700 | |||||||||
| Exports, refined: | |||||||||||||||
| Iridium, osmium, and ruthenium, gross weight | do. | 145 | 1,090 | 1,080 | 3,390 | 8,190 | |||||||||
| Palladium, Pd content | do. | 22,300 | 31,500 | 27,000 | 53,100 | 41,800 | |||||||||
| Platinum, Pt content | do. | 22,200 | 20,000 | 20,700 | 45,500 | 28,900 | |||||||||
| Rhodium, Rh content | do. | 479 | 314 | 615 | 1,600 | 2,210 | |||||||||
| Stocks, National Defense Stockpile, December 31: | |||||||||||||||
| Iridium, Ir content | do. | 562 | 501 | 189 | 111 | 18 | |||||||||
| Palladium, Pd content | do. | 1,170 | 568 | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Platinum, Pt content | do. | 649 | 649 | 261 | 261 | 261 | |||||||||
| Price, average: | |||||||||||||||
| Iridium3 | dollars per troy ounce | 93.02 | 185.33 | 169.51 | 349.45 | 444.43 | |||||||||
| Palladium4 | do. | 203.00 | 232.93 | 203.54 | 322.93 | 357.34 | |||||||||
| Platinum4 | do. | 694.44 | 848.76 | 899.51 | 1,144.42 | 1,308.44 | |||||||||
| Rhodium4 | do. | 530.28 | 983.24 | 2,059.73 | 4,561.06 | 6,203.09 | |||||||||
| Ruthenium3 | do. | 35.43 | 64.22 | 74.41 | 193.09 | 573.74 | |||||||||
| Employment | 1,540 | 1,580 | 1,620 | 1,720 | 1,630 | ||||||||||
| World, mine production, PGM content | kilograms | 466,000 | 481,000 | 504,000 | r | 513,000 | r | 509,000 | e | ||||||
| eEstimated. rRevised. do. Ditto. -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to three significant digits, except prices. | |||||||||||||||
| 2Source: Stillwater Mining Co., 2007 annual report, p. 44. | |||||||||||||||
| 3Price data are annual averages of daily Engelhard unfabricated quotations published in Platts Metals Week. | |||||||||||||||
| 4Price data are annual Engelhard unfabricated quotations published in Platts Metals Week. | |||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program