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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||
| SALIENT PLATINUM-GROUP METALS STATISTICS1� | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||
| Mine production: | |||||||||||||
| Palladium, Pd content:2 | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | kilograms | 14,800 | 14,000 | 13,700 | 13,300 | 14,400 | |||||||
| Value | thousands | $162,000 | $91,400 | $102,000 | $87,100 | $150,000 | |||||||
| Platinum, Pt content:2 | |||||||||||||
| Q | kilograms | 4,390 | 4,170 | 4,040 | 3,920 | 4,290 | |||||||
| Value | thousands | $76,500 | $93,100 | $110,000 | $113,000 | $158,000 | |||||||
| Refinery production: | |||||||||||||
| Palladium, Pd content: | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | kilograms | 5,700 | 7,250 | 5,480 | 5,220 | r | 5,660 | ||||||
| Value | thousands | $62,200 | $47,300 | $41,000 | $34,100 | r | $58,700 | ||||||
| Platinum, Pt content: | |||||||||||||
| Q | kilograms | 15,200 | 17,000 | 16,700 | 6,360 | r | 6,870 | ||||||
| Value | thousands | $265,000 | $379,000 | $456,000 | $184,000 | r | $253,000 | ||||||
| Imports for consumption, refined: | |||||||||||||
| Iridium, Ir content | kilograms | 2,100 | 2,200 | 3,230 | 3,010 | 2,800 | |||||||
| Osmium, Os content | do. | 36 | 53 | 75 | 39 | 56 | |||||||
| Palladium, Pd content | do. | 117,000 | 105,000 | 127,000 | 139,000 | 119,000 | |||||||
| Platinum, includes waste, scrap, and coins, Pt content | do. | 84,700 | 88,500 | 86,400 | 106,000 | 114,000 | |||||||
| Rhodium, Rh content | do. | 8,630 | 12,000 | 13,200 | 13,600 | 15,900 | |||||||
| Ruthenium, Ru content | do. | 9,890 | 15,900 | 18,800 | 23,200 | 36,000 | |||||||
| Exports, refined: | |||||||||||||
| Iridium, osmium, and ruthenium, gross weight | do. | 94 | 145 | 1,090 | 1,080 | 3,390 | |||||||
| Palladium, Pd content | do. | 42,700 | 22,300 | 31,500 | 27,000 | 53,100 | |||||||
| Platinum, Pt content | do. | 27,800 | 22,200 | 20,000 | 20,700 | 45,500 | |||||||
| Rhodium, Rh content | do. | 349 | 479 | 314 | 615 | 1,600 | |||||||
| Stocks, National Defense Stockpile, December 31: | |||||||||||||
| Iridium, Ir content | do. | 784 | 562 | 501 | 189 | 111 | |||||||
| Palladium, Pd content | do. | 5,870 | 1,170 | 568 | -- | -- | |||||||
| Platinum, Pt content | do. | 649 | 649 | 649 | 261 | 261 | |||||||
| Price, average: | |||||||||||||
| Iridium3 | dollars per troy ounce | $294.62 | $93.02 | $185.33 | $169.51 | $349.45 | |||||||
| Palladium4 | do. | $339.68 | $203.00 | $232.93 | $203.54 | $322.93 | |||||||
| Platinum4 | do. | $542.56 | $694.44 | $848.76 | $899.51 | $1,144.42 | |||||||
| Rhodium4 | do. | $838.88 | $530.28 | $983.24 | $2,060.00 | $4,561.06 | |||||||
| Ruthenium3 | do. | $66.33 | $35.43 | $64.22 | $74.41 | $193.09 | |||||||
| Employment | 1,580 | 1,540 | 1,580 | 1,620 | 1,720 | ||||||||
| World, mine production, PGM content | kilograms | 433,000 | r | 466,000 | r | 481,000 | r | 510,000 | r | 518,000 | e | ||
| eEstimated. rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to three significant digits, except prices. | |||||||||||||
| 2Source: Stillwater Mining Co., 2006 annual report, p. 40.� | |||||||||||||
| 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