The same as the volume of blood in an elephant.
As of the End of 2004, total palladium mined was estimated at 3,781.5 tons. Given annual production is now around 222 tons pa, total mined in human history at the end of 2009 would be around 4,890 tons.
About 40 billion ounces, or 1.37 million short tons
The Cullinan was mined in South Africa, in 1905.
british columbia
coal in the western areas has a lower energy content
It is mined.
As of the End of 2004, total palladium mined was estimated at 3,781.5 tons. Given annual production is now around 222 tons pa, total mined in human history at the end of 2009 would be around 4,890 tons.
Platinum and gold mostly.
platinum
The answer is platinum
150 tons are mined each year. :)
According to the world gold council a total of 165 000 tonnes of gold have been mined in the whole of human history, up until 2009. This has a volume of 8500m3, this woul form a cube with sides of 20.4 metres.
like all metals, platinum is made of minerals which are mined from the earth, thus non-renewable. my Biology professor says it is renewable :)
platinum is a very rare metal. some has been found in the earth's crust, Ural mountains in Russia and Columbia. technically platinum isn't made but found chemically uncombined. then mined out.
Nope. It is its' own metal. It is mined from the ground just like any other metal.
Ores mined from shields...
Nkomati near the Mozambique border, but the main source is as a by-product of the platinum mines in Rustenberg