Description
1. Product Overview
Platinum Recovery Concentrate is a high-grade industrial intermediate derived from spent catalytic converters, electronic scrap, and platinum group metal (PGM) bearing waste streams. Its primary industrial use is as a direct feedstock for refiners and smelters to extract refined platinum, palladium, and rhodium for reuse in automotive, chemical, and electronics manufacturing. The key value proposition is a consistently assayed, pre-processed concentrate that reduces smelting cycle times and maximizes PGM yield for downstream operations. In a market facing supply constraints and ESG mandates for circular sourcing, this product is strategically important as it secures secondary platinum units at scale with full traceability and lower carbon intensity than primary mining.
2. Key Specifications & Technical Characteristics
- Material Components: Heterogeneous concentrate containing platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), rhodium (Rh), with trace iridium (Ir) and ruthenium (Ru). Gangue material includes ceramic cordierite, metallic alloys, and silica.
- Purity Level / Grade: Typical combined PGM assay 0.15% – 1.2% by weight. Individual lot assay provided via XRF and fire assay with ICP finish. Certificates of Analysis (CoA) issued per batch.
- Physical Characteristics:
- Form: Dry, milled powder
- Color: Dark grey to black
- Particle Size: D90 < 500 microns, D50 75-150 microns
- Bulk Density: 1.8 – 2.4 g/cm³
- Moisture: < 0.5% LOD
- Packaging Options: 1 MT big bags with PE liner on fumigated wooden pallets; 25 kg steel drums with tamper-evident seals. Bulk packaging suitable for containerization.
- Shelf Life: Indefinite when stored in dry, sealed packaging. No degradation of PGM content under normal warehouse conditions.
3. Core Industrial Applications
- Primary Industries: Precious metal refiners, PGM smelters, automotive catalyst manufacturers, chemical process catalyst producers, electronics component recyclers.
- Specific Operational Use Cases: Direct feed for pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical refining circuits; blending agent to upgrade low-grade PGM feed; toll-refining programs for catalyst and e-scrap collectors.
- Performance vs. Alternatives: Compared to unprocessed scrap or mixed ceramic lots, this concentrate is pre-sampled, homogenized, and milled, eliminating pre-treatment stages. This reduces energy consumption per troy ounce recovered and improves furnace throughput by 18-25%.
- Efficiency, Durability, Cost Advantages: Higher bulk density and controlled particle size increase load efficiency and reduce slag volume. Pre-determined assays minimize settlement risk and working capital lock-up. Sourcing from secondary streams provides a 30-40% cost advantage versus primary platinum with reduced price volatility exposure.
4. Competitive Advantages
- Quality Consistency: Every lot is representatively sampled to ISO 12743 standards, homogenized in 20MT batches, and assayed by independent umpire labs. Variance held to <2% RSD.
- Supply Reliability: Structured sourcing from vetted collection networks across North America, EU, and APAC enables contracted volumes of 50-200 MT per month.
- Logistics Capability: Export-ready from bonded warehouses in Rotterdam, Houston, and Singapore. UN-certified packaging, MSDS, and full Basel Convention documentation provided. Dedicated hazardous goods freight forwarding.
- Price Competitiveness: Priced at applicable LBMA/LPPM spot less refining charge. Volume-tiered discounts available for annual contracts above 240 MT. No middlemen.
- Sustainability / Environmental Benefits: 100% recycled content. Verified 85% lower CO2e footprint per oz Pt vs. primary production. Supports Scope 3 reporting and circular economy mandates.
- Technical Support / Documentation: Full assay, Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), Certificate of Origin, Radioactivity Clearance, and Chain of Custody documents supplied. Dedicated metallurgical support for integration into client flowsheets.
5. Commercial & Supply Information
- Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ): BULK 20MT
- Loading Capacity: 20MT per 20ft container






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