SWC Stock, Stillwater Mining Company Information

Stillwater Mining Company is the only platinum-group metals miner in the United States, and one of the producers outside of South Africa and the Russian Federation. The company is engaged in the development, extraction, and processing of platinum-group metals from a geological formation in south-central Montana known as the J-M Reef. Platinum-group metals are rare precious metals used in a wide variety of applications, including automobile catalysts, fuel cells, hydrogen purification, electronics, jewellery, dentistry, medicine, and coinage. The company also recycles the metals from catalytic converters and other industrial sources. It has Mine production, PGM recycling, Canadian properties, South American properties and All other. Mine production segment engages in the development, extraction, processing and refining of PGMs. The PGM catalyst segment recycles spent catalyst material to recover PGM contained in the material.