mining

Too much palladium - Matt Watson on metal recycling, PGMs and automobiles

By Michael McCrae and Matt Watson

Published:

Aug 16, 2024 - 3:28 PM

Updated:

Aug 16, 2024 - 7:43 PM

Kitco News
The Leading News Source in Precious Metals

Kitco NEWS has a diverse team of journalists reporting on the economy, stock markets, commodities, cryptocurrencies, mining and metals with accuracy and objectivity. Our goal is to help people make informed market decisions through in-depth reporting, daily market roundups, interviews with prominent industry figures, comprehensive coverage (often exclusive) of important industry events and analyses of market-affecting developments.

Too much palladium - Matt Watson on metal recycling, PGMs and automobiles teaser image

(Kitco News) - A wave of end-of-life automobiles that are set to be recycled could flood markets with palladium, warned Matt Watson, founder of Precious Metals Commodity Management.

This week Watson recorded an episode of Green Rush with Mohammad Doostmohammadi, CEO and founder of pH7 Technology.

While palladium prices could be depressed, the growing hydrogen sector could benefit platinum, said Watson.

PH7 Technologies is a clean tech company that focuses on extracting critical metals from various sources, including spent catalysts, electronic waste, and printed circuit boards. They use a proprietary closed-loop process that combines organic, inorganic, and electrochemistry to extract metals without generating wastewater or harmful emissions.

The company's technology can recover various metals such as platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, copper, gold, silver, and tin.

PH7 is currently building a pilot plant for their e-waste process and plans to commercialize it next year. They are also working with mining partners to develop onsite operations for extracting copper from sulphide ores, potentially doubling the copper supply from these mines.

0:00 - What is pH7?
2:00 - Metals pH7 can recover
5:00 - Metal recovery from end of life automobiles is set to grow

____________________________________________________________________

Green Rush is brought to you by Revival Gold. Revival Gold is one of the largest, pure gold, mine developers in the United States. The Company is advancing engineering and economic studies on the Mercur Gold Project in Utah and mine permitting preparations and ongoing exploration at the Beartrack-Arnett Gold Project located in Idaho.

Revival Gold is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the ticker symbol "RVG" and trades on the OTCQX Market under the ticker symbol "RVLGF". The Company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with its exploration and development office located in Salmon, Idaho.

____________________________________________________________________

Subscribe to Green Rush podcast on YouTube Music.

Listen to this podcast on Buzzsprout Apple Podcasts Amazon Music Spotify

Michael McCrae

Michael McCrae is leading Kitco's coverage of the mining sector. McCrae, who has both an MBA and CMA, knows how to build digital media properties. He was co-founder and publisher of MINING.com, an award-winning news site. Before coming to media, McCrae worked in IT and banking. Please reach out: mmccrae@kitco.com or (514) 670-1383. You can also follow him at @michaelmccrae.

Matt Watson

Matt Watson, Founder and President, Precious Metals Commodity Management LLC

Matt is an Operations executive with over 30 years of international and domestic experience, including various engineering, statistical consulting, and supply chain commodity management positions.

Matt spent the first 15 years of his career teaching and consulting in statistical methods in a wide range of industries. Matt then transitioned to the Hard Disk Drive sector for 17-years, most of that time with Seagate Technology. It was here that Matt managed $540M in platinum and ruthenium positions.

Recently, Matt led Tanaka’s North American R&D and Marketing efforts for Tanaka America Inc. Matt helped lead the deeper penetration of the HDD market PVD targets, micro machined medical components and medial PGM wire product markets, and semiconductor/OLED wet chemistry markets.

Matt is now consulting once again, this time with Precious Metals Commodity Management LLC. This new consulting entity supports clients with precious metals market research, risk management, trading/hedging, and design and process thrifting. Matt is working clients in the hard disk drive sector, mining, connector, PVD target fabrication sectors, and precious metals analysts. Matt has developed extensive three way auto catalyst demand models and forecasts, and is a student of the apparent structural deficits in palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, and iridium.

Tags:

platinum palladium rhodium silver gold tin metal recycling Green Rush Matt Watson Mohammad Doostmohammadi pH7 Technology Podcasts on the article Podcasts

Share

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect those of Kitco Metals Inc. The author has made every effort to ensure accuracy of information provided; however, neither Kitco Metals Inc. nor the author can guarantee such accuracy. This article is strictly for informational purposes only. It is not a solicitation to make any exchange in commodities, securities or other financial instruments. Kitco Metals Inc. and the author of this article do not accept culpability for losses and/ or damages arising from the use of this publication.

mining

Too much palladium - Matt Watson on metal recycling, PGMs and automobiles

By Michael McCrae and Matt Watson

Kitco News
The Leading News Source in Precious Metals

Michael McCrae

Matt Watson

Tags:

Share

Pierre Lassonde says the $40 trillion U.S. debt crisis is paving the way for gold to reach $17,250 an ounce

Gold prices gain on Iran optimism despite India import issues, silver producers see strong output in 2026 – Heraeus

Silver’s push above $80 reflects structural shift in the global economy

Gold will navigate near-term headwinds to reach $5,000/oz by year-end – ING’s Manthey

Spot silver surges, gold firms as CPI risk lifts yields - Kitco PM Report

mining

Too much palladium - Matt Watson on metal recycling, PGMs and automobiles

By Michael McCrae and Matt Watson

Kitco NewsThe Leading News Source in Precious Metals

Michael McCrae

Matt Watson

Tags:

Share

Kitco News
The Leading News Source in Precious Metals