Palladium is the most valuable of the four major precious metals, with an acute shortage driving prices to records in recent years. A key component in pollution-control devices for cars and trucks, the metal’s price has been on a tear, rising more than sixfold since early 2016, an increase that’s lifted it above the price of gold.
Bloomberg: How palladium became a really, really precious metal
Pieces of palladium ore lie in a display case at the 19th Annual Investing in African Indaba on Feb. 5, 2013 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town The Mining Indaba which is Africa's largest mining conference, attracts more than 7000 delegates from more than 100 countries, and is on focused on chaneling investment into African mining.
