Signal · Supplier & Corporate Risk
Iridium, ruthenium continue to outperform, Valterra Platinum reports
What the source reported
Source-reportedMinor platinum group metals (PGMs), particularly iridium and ruthenium, are continuing to outperform, supported by robust demand from emerging technology applications, Valterra Platinum reported on Friday, October 23. The price Valterra realised for iridium in the three months ended September 30 was $7 720/oz, compared with $4 287/oz in the corresponding period of last year. The price realised for ruthenium in the quarter was $1 583/oz, compared with $799/oz in the third quarter of last year.
- Publication
- Mining Weekly - Latest News RSS · Trade Publication
- Published
- 23rd October 2026
- Original report
- miningweekly.com
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What ProcIntel recorded
ProcIntel-derived- Category
- Supplier & Corporate Risk
- Geography
- South Africa
- Organisations
- None identified
- Collected
- 23rd October 2026 · 10:02
Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.
A provisional, automatically computed reading of this individual Signal, before Event extraction or human review. Not a final rating.
Initial Significance Moderate (22.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (12.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (37.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).
- Strongest contributor
- Procurement Impact
- Limiting factor
- Geographic Breadth