How is rhodium mined?

Rhodium is extracted as a byproduct of platinum and nickel mining. Owing to its rarity and the complex and expensive process required to isolate the metal, there are very few naturally occurring ore bodies that economical sources of rhodium. read more

Norilsk Nickel, which extracts the majority of its platinum group metals from nickel ores mined in northern Russia, was able to increase rhodium production by over 10 percent in 2014 in response to the shortage of material from South Africa. read more

The industrial extraction of rhodium is complex because the ores are mixed with other metals such as palladium, silver, platinum, and gold and there are very few rhodium-bearing minerals. It is found in platinum ores and extracted as a white inert metal that is difficult to fuse. read more

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