Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Price of Platinum over the years

By Annette Rose


The price of platinum history is very interesting for investors, as they can make speculative guesses according to the price trends. There are many online sites that show the price charts. These will inform you about the spot price of platinum per gram as also the trends over a period of months or even the all time price of platinum history. Studying these charts provides a very good base for making calculations to buy and sell platinum.

The price of platinum per gram can be studied for over the years. The price is also provided in ounce or troy ounce if you wish. The spot price, however, is subject to changes on a regular basis, as it varies according the supply and demand for the precious metal. Platinum is not available all over the world and is concentrated in certain areas of the world, such as South Africa and Russia.

If you observe the prices, you will note that there have been many changes in the price of platinum history over the past fifty years. After the Second World War, it has been seen that platinum is increasingly being used in several industrial applications leading to the rise in the price of platinum per gram. It has been used in catalysts in the petroleum industry as also to create feedstock for the plastic business. Jewelry also forms major bedrock for the development of the price of platinum history.

The color, purity and prestige value that platinum offers was greatly appealing to the Japanese public and today it has also penetrated other markets in Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the US and the UK as well as China.

Today, there are also regulations in place regarding the emissions of clean gases from automobiles and platinum has been used towards this purpose as an auto catalyst. This is because it is capable of converting noxious gases into harmless ones. The price of platinum history has also been deeply impacted due to all these different and novel applications.




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