PGMs consist of six chemical elements, which include platinum, palladium, rhodium,ruthenium, osmium, and iridium that are clustered together in the periodic table.These elements are called transition metals, and they have similar physical and chemical properties and appear in the d-block (groups 8, 9, and 10 and periods 5 and 6) of the periodic table.In this report, Technavio covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global platinum group metals (PGMs) market for 2017-2021. It also provides an indepth study of PGMs, applications, drivers, challenges, trends, and major vendors operating in the market.

PART 01: Executive summary 6

PART 02: Scope of the report 19

PART 03: Research Methodology 24

PART 04: Introduction 27

Key market highlights 27

PART 05: Market landscape 29

Market overview 29

Market size and forecast 30

Five forces analysis 33

PART 06: Market segmentation by metal 34

Global market for palladium 35

Global market for platinum 37

Global market for ruthenium 39

PART 07: Market segmentation by application 43

Global PGMs market for autocatalyst 44

Global PGMs market for chemical manufacturing 46

Global PGMs market for electricals and electronics 48

Global PGMs market for jewelry 50

Global PGMs market for other applications 52

PART 08: Geographic segmentation 55

PGMs market in APAC 56

PGMs market in North America 57

PGMs market in Europe 59

PGMs market in ROW 61

PART 09: Decision framework 63

PART 10: Drivers and challenges 65

Market drivers 66

Impact of drivers on key regions 69

Market challenges 72

Impact of challenges on key regions 75

PART 11: Market trends 78

Advances in technology 78

Production of PGMs from nuclear wastes 78

PART 12: Vendor landscape 79

Competitive scenario 79

Other prominent vendors 81

PART 13: Key vendor analysis 82

Anglo American Platinum 82

Impala Platinum 84

JSC MMC Norilsk Nickel 85

Lonmin 86

Stillwater Mining 88

PART 14: Appendix 89

List of abbreviations 89

PART 15: Explore Technavio 90