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The value and market dynamics of rhodium recycling

Jun 20,2025Reporter: DONGSHENG

Some rhodium scrap types have very high value in the rhodium recycling market. The highest value types for rhodium scrap recycling are hydrogen fuel cell electrodes and aircraft coatings. This year, the world produced about 35 tons of precious rhodium metal. One-third of this rhodium comes from scrap rhodium recycling. This means the value of rhodium recycling will likely increase this year. But this does not mean the price paid for recycled rhodium will definitely rise. In high-tech materials, other materials can now replace rhodium. Because of this, the rhodium recycling prices might actually go down. Few companies globally recycle rhodium. DONGSHENG is one of the strong companies in rhodium recycling. ruthenium recycling




Common Scrap Materials for Rhodium Recycling

Rhodium recycling is used in many areas as the same as the Ruthenium. These include medicine, chemicals, chip making, 5G base stations, and aerospace. Besides these, here are five common scrap materials for recycle rhodium.


1, Car Catalytic Converters: These clean car exhaust. They contain small amounts of precious metal rhodium recycling .

2, Recycle Rhodium Catalysts in Chemical Plants: These Recycle Rhodium catalysts help make acetic acid and methanol more efficiently.

3, Rhodium-Platinum Catalysts: These are found inside hydrogen fuel cells.

4, Used Rhodium based Catalysts from Hydrogen Production: Abondoned catalysts from electrolysis plants still contain rhodium that can be recycled.

5, Rhodium Recycling Targets in Research Equipment: These are used in synchrotron radiation machines and electron microscopes.


Rhodium Recycling Price Changes


The price for high-purity rhodium recycling powder has fallen. It now matches the lower global rhodium recycling price of $76.38 - $83.33 USD per gram. Car catalytic converter scrap contains only a little rhodium. It doesn't have high recycling value. DONGSHENG usually does not recycle rhodium from this type of scrap. Electronic scrap contains slightly more rhodium than car catalysts. It can be recycled. But the price paid for car rhodium catalysts recycling it is also low.

Fun Fact About Platinum Group Metals

Pure platinum is very soft. It can be easily stretched into a thin wire. Just one gram of pure platinum can be stretched into a wire over two kilometers long!

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