Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1917 — IMPORTS OF PLATINUM. [ARTICLE]

IMPORTS OF PLATINUM.

In 1915, 61.437 ounces of platinum (exclusive of < manufactured products) were imported into the United States, and its total value was $2,330,476. In 1916, the quantity fell to 53,484 ounces, but the value of this was $3,138,396. These figures are those of a report of the United States geological survey. According to the Engineering and Mining Journal, the price of refined platinum in the NewYork market, which avqtaged $49,63 an ounce in 1915, ranged in 1916 erratically from $62.56 an ounce in August to $101.25 an ounpe in November.