Whois & Analysis for boliden.com

The platinum-group metals (abbreviated as the PGMs; alternatively, the platinoids, platinides, platidises, platinum group, platinum metals, platinum family or platinum-group elements (PGEs)) are six noble, precious metallic elements clustered together in the periodic table.

These elements are all transition metals in the d-block (groups 8, 9, and 10, periods 5 and 6).

New Boliden is a Swedish mining and smelting company focusing on production of copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver.

Following a series of acquisitions during the 1980s and 1990s the company acquired mining and smelting assets of the Finnish mining and smelting company Outokumpu in 2003.

Outokumpu acquired the subsidiary Boliden Contech and Boliden's copper and zinc divisions.

As a consequence of the deal, Outokumpu ended up controlling 49 percent of the Boliden shares.

Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30.

It is the first element in group 12 of the periodic table.

In some respects zinc is chemically similar to magnesium: both elements exhibit only one normal oxidation state (+2), and the Zn2+ and Mg2+ ions are of similar size.

Zinc is the 24th most abundant element in Earth's crust and has five stable isotopes.

The most common zinc ore is sphalerite (zinc blende), a zinc sulfide mineral.

The largest workable lodes are in Australia, Asia, and the United States.

Zinc is refined by froth flotation of the ore, roasting, and final extraction using electricity (electrowinning).

A precious metal is a rare, naturally occurring metallic chemical element of high economic value.

Chemically, the precious metals tend to be less reactive than most elements (see noble metal).

They are usually ductile and have a high lustre.

Historically, precious metals were important as currency but are now regarded mainly as investment and industrial commodities.

Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium each have an ISO 4217 currency code.

Silver is a metallic element with symbol Ag and atomic number 47.

The symbol Ag stems from Latin, derived from the Greek ὰργὀς (literally "shiny" or "white"), and ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European language root reconstructed as *h2erǵ-, "grey" or "shining".

A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal.

The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.

Most silver is produced as a byproduct of copper, gold, lead, and zinc refining.

Silver is more abundant than gold, but it is much less abundant as a native metal.

Its purity is typically measured on a per mille basis; a 94%-pure alloy is described as "0.940 fine".