Germany, 1895

The German Price in January 1895 was USD$

 



1895: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Mkt) = ℳ 48.366 (22.01 руб)

 
At the turn of the year 1895 Platinum cost 1,555 Marks per kilogram. In the spring of 1896 it was already 1,620; by January 1897 it cost 1,660. In the summer of the same year (1897) it was in the 1,700s.  In the Spring of 1898 in the 1,800's, in September 1898 2,000. - and today it costs 2,250 Mark . 

Citation: Die Zukunft. Herausgeber: M. Harden, Vol. 27  Maximilian Felix Ernst HARDEN (1899)



Platinum Pyrometer

France, 1895: Chart 1869-95 (w/1890 Death Spike)

1895: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (refined, SPb?) = Fr 52.88 (USD$ 10.28)
1895: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (refined, Paris mkt) = Fr 93.31 (USD$ 18.14)
1895: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (retail) = Fr 116.64 (USD$ 22.68)
 
Citation: L'economiste Francais, Journal Hebdomadaire (22 Dec.1906) p.902



Citation: Revue chronométrique, Vol. 24; Chambre syndicale de l'horlogerie de Paris (June 1907) p.286 



Citation: La Russie industrielle: étude sur l'Éxposition de Nijni-Novgorod ; Maurice Verstraete (1897)


A flared apparatus concentrating 500 kg S. per hour, price Fr. 94,800. A Pd-bars represented a value of Fr. 176,400. (Revue univ. 1895. 2/2 .; Dinql. PoL J. 295. 208.)

Citation: Chemisches Zentralblatt, Vol. 1 p.681


French Custom prices aggregate crude, ingot & refined Platinum:
1901:


 


1869 - 1895 Crude Platina Price Charts









Auer de Welsbach 

Langhaus Gas Mantle, Fr. 2.50 ~1 g Platinum









Platino-cyanide of Barium

Russia, 1895

1894/5: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Ural Contract: 83% ore) = 13.292 руб
1894/5: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (Contract @ .999) = 16.01 руб
1894/5: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (SPb, Refined Cost) ~ 17.0 руб

March? 1896: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Ural Contract: 83% ore) = 15.19 руб
March? 1896: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (Contract @ .999) = 18.30 руб
March? 1896: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (SPb, Refined Cost) = 19.25 руб




1895: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Ural Contract: 83% ore) =13.29 руб
1895: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (Contract @ .999) =16.01 руб
1895: Russian Refiner's Cost @208 руб/Poud = 0.395 руб 
1895: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (SPb: Refined Poud) =16.409 руб

Citation: The Mineral Industry, Vol. 7 (1899) p.570



Where 1 Poud of (79%) Pt platina ore sold for 7,300 руб, so 1 Poud (.999) Pt = 9,240.51 руб and 1 Poud Platinum 

In Germany, 1 Kg Platinum cost 707.68 руб.


1895: 1 Troy Oz. platina (79% ore, SPb) = 13.29 -13.86 руб (USD$ 7.02 -7.32)
1895: 1 Troy Oz. platina (at purity) = 16.825-17.546 руб (USD$ 8.89 -9.27)

1895: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (refining cost) = 0.95 руб (Fr. 2.58)
1895: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (refining) = 1.92 -2.64 руб (Fr. 071 - 0.97; USD$ 0.14-0.19)

1895: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris ingot) = 19.46 руб (Fr 52.88)
1895: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris mkt) = 34.35 руб (Fr 93.31)
1895: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris retail) = 42.93 руб (Fr 116.64)


December, 1895: 1 Troy Oz. platina (SPb, mkt) = 13.67 руб
(=USD$ 7.12;  Fr 37.15; £1.46)

1895: 1 Troy Oz. platina (SPb, mkt) = 12.88 руб
(=USD$ 6.71;  Fr 35.; £1.378)

1895: 1 Troy Oz. platina (SPb, mkt) = 12.53 руб
 (=USD$ 6.52; Fr  34.05;  £1.34)

1895: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (SPb, refined: mkt) ~ 30.4461 руб (USD$ 15.85)

Citation: Recueil Consulaire Contenant les Rapports Commerciaux des Agents..., Vol. 95 Belgium (1897) p. 357


Citation: The Mineral Industry, Vol. 6


1895:
Citation: The Chemical Trade Journal and Oil, Paint and Colour Review, Vol. 22 (1898) p.122


c.1895/6:
Citation: Le Marche financier en 1897 p.671


Citation: La Russie industrielle: étude sur l'Éxposition de Nijni-Novgorod; Maurice Verstraete, p.293





October, 1895:  


1895: 1 Troy Oz. platina (SPb: 79% ore) ~ 15 руб (USD$ 3.0 - 3.35)
October, 1895: 1 Troy Oz. platina (SPb: 79% ore) = 20 руб (USD$ 7.78)
1895: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (SPb: .999) ~ 30.45 руб (USD$ 15.85)
 
Citation: The Mineral Industry, Vol. 6, p.544





 

c.1895: St. Petersburg platina Spot-Price

c.1898: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Global Mkt) = 33.72 руб Kr. (USD$ 17.33)

Where the Poud was руб 7,300 (Au?):
c.1897??: 1 Ozt platina (Ural contract, Ore) = 13.86 руб Kr. (USD$ 7.125)
c.1897??: 1 Ozt Pt (Ural: .999 Ore) = 18.52 руб Kr. (USD$ 9.525)
c.1897??: --Refining Cost: 1 Ozt Pt (Ural: .999) = 1.21 руб Kr. (USD$ 0.6217)
c.1897??: 1 Ozt Platinum (Ural: .999 Refined) = 19.74 руб Kr. (USD$ 10.15)

Die Kosten für die zu errichtende Platinraffinerie würden sich leicht aus dem Preise für Platin decken, indem Rub. 1000 von jedem verkauften Pud Platin dazu bestimmt werden, was im ersten Jahre Rub. 200,000-260,000 ausmachen würde. Im Auslande zahlt man pro 1 Pud raffiniertes Platin Rub. 17,760, während das Rohplatin Rub. 7,300 kostet. Das Raffiniren eines Pudes kostet Rub. 425; rechnet man noch dazu die Ausgaben für Verbesserung an den technischen Einrichtungen und Verwaltung 50 Proc. der obigen Summe, so würden zu der Zeit, wo der Preis auf Rohplatin Rub. 7300 pro Pud betrug, für den Ankauf von Rohplatin 17,760 - (425 + 212), mithin Rub. 17,123 verfügbar bleiben und die Productionskosten für 1 Jahr bei einer Verarbeitung von 200-250 Pud jährlich Rub. 127,000 — 159,000 betragen.

 In 1877, the price rose to Rub. 2400, because the offer was low, and the buyer was afraid the occurrence of Concurrenten. This is still very low prices made it possible to exploit the platinum richest localities at the Issa, and consequently this was also a year only to a very limited yield, 1867-1869 6-7 Poud, 1870-1877.  The cost of the platinum refinery to be built would easily be covered by profit on the price of Platinum,  determined at Rub. 1,000. per Poud, which in the first year would amount to Rub. 200,000. to 260,000.  Abroad, you pay Rub. 17,760. per Poud refined platinum, while the crude platina costs Rub. 7,300.   The refining of a Poud costs Rub. 425; we still expect expenditure on improvement of technical devices and management to be 50% of the above sum, so when the price of crude platinum was Rub. 7,300 per Poud, for the purchase of crude platinum 17,760 - (425 + 212), thus Rub. 17,123 remain available and the annual cost of production for processing 200-250 poods annually would be Rub. 127,000-159,000.

Citation : Handelsblatt der Chemiker-Zeitung Vol 22, No. 58 (1898) Walther Adolf Roth p.588

Russia, 1891

1891: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Ural Contract: 83% ore) =13.29 руб
1891: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (Contract @ .999) =16.01 руб
1891: Russian Refiner's Cost @212 руб/Poud = 0.4025 руб 
1891: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (SPb: Refined Poud) =16.417 руб 

Citation: The Mineral Industry, Vol. 7 (1899) p.570





June, 1890: 1 Troy Oz. platina (SPb, mkt) = 23.74 руб (USD$ 16.18)
December, 1891: 1 Troy Oz. platina (SPb, mkt) = 11.96 руб (USD$ 5.87)

December, 1893: 1 Troy Oz. platina (SPb, mkt) = 9.12 руб (USD$ 4.48)
1893: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Ekaterinburg) = 8.68 руб (USD$ 4.26)

December, 1895: 1 Troy Oz. platina (SPb, mkt) = 13.67 руб (USD$ 4.98)

Citation: Recueil Consulaire Contenant les Rapports Commerciaux des Agents..., Vol. 95 Belgium (1897) p. 357


Citation: Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles, Vol. 15 1903


1891: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Russia, export: crude ingot?) ~ USD$ 5.6958

c.1890/1?
Citation: Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, Vol. 11 June 1892 p.533

(US govt estimate, from Silver Rouble, @$0.10)
Citation: Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance of the United States (1899) p. 2587

Russia, 1889: Cornered Market in St. Petersbourg

Citation:  La Russie industrielle: étude sur lÉxposition de Nijni-Novgorod; Maurice Verstraete (1897) p.81

Germany, 1870 -1897: Deflation in Metal Prices

1870: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (mkt?) = ℳ 15.55 ; Thlr. 7.95 (9.34 руб)
 

In the last quarter of the 19th Century, Commodity Deflation was not confined to the USA, and metal prices had declined sharply in Germany also.

Citation: Science, Vol. 15,  By American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902) p.140. 

UK, 1894/5

Letter Dated 2 Feb 1894:

1894: 1 Troy Oz Platinum (UK: Whols., Bulk) = £ 1.20
 1894: 1 Troy Oz Platinum (UK: Whols., Bulk) = £ 1.40

Citation: Annual Report - New South Wales Department of Mines (1895) p.130



1894/5: 1 Troy Oz Platinum (UK: whols., bulk) = £ 1.50 - 2.0 (USD$ 7.32 - 9.72)

c.1897: 1 Troy Oz platina (Russian ore, at SPb?) = £ 1.40 (USD$ 6.80)
1895: 1 Troy Oz platina (Australian Spot: ore, 75%) = £ 1.20 (USD$ 5.87)
1895: 1 Troy Oz Platinum (NSW, intrinsic) = £ 1.60 (USD$ 7.83)

1895:
Citation: Economic mining: a practical handbook for the miner, the metallurgist... (1895) p.587


Citation: The Electrical review, Vol. 40 (1897), p.277

December 1895:

Where 1 Troy Ounce of Broken Hill/Fitfield platina was 76.9% Pt, refiners also retained at no cost to them any residual PGM: ~1 gram Ir, 2.3 g Os, 0.4 g Rh.  Trade value of PGMs deducts from refiners' cost or adds to profit, accordingly.

Citation: 1894 Annual report , New South Wales. Dept. of Mines (1895) p.205


1895 :1 Troy Ounce platina (NSW: ore, 75%) = £ 1.20 (USD$ 5.87)
1895 :1 Troy Ounce Pt (NSW: ore, .999) = £ 1.60 (USD$ 7.83)

Citation: The Electrical Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 20 (3/15/1896) p.397

USA, 1893-6: Russian Price in Dollars

1893: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Russia, export: crude ingot?) ~ USD$ 5.06

(US govt estimate, from Silver Rouble, @$0.10)

Citation: Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance of the United States (1899) p. 2587




1893: 1 Troy Ounce of Platinum (semi-refined ingot) = $ 8.93

1894: 1 Troy Ounce of Platinum (semi-refined ingot) = $ 9.33

1895: 1 Troy Ounce of Platinum (semi-refined ingot) = $ 10.93

1893: 1 Troy Ounce of platina (US/Cdn ore) = $ 6.8933

1894: 1 Troy Ounce of Platinum (US/Cdn ore) = $ 6.

1895: 1 Troy Ounce of Platinum (US/Cdn ore) = $ 6.

1896: 1 Troy Ounce of Platinum (US/Cdn ore) = $ 5.7914

Citation: Report of the United States Geological Survey to the ..., Vol. 20, Part 6; US Geological Survey, p.293


Citation: La Russie industrielle: étude sur l'Éxposition de Nijni-Novgorod; Maurice Verstraete, p.293


1893: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Russia: ore, 82%) = £ 1.292 (USD$ 6.28)
1893: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Russia: intrinsic) = £ 1.58 (USD$ 7.65)

c.1893: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (scrap) = £ 1.20 (USD$ 5.83)

  Citation: The Mineral Industry, its statistics, technology and trade, Vol. 17 p.717