| In Russia, all Precious Group Metal (PGM) inventories were deemed to belong to the State until the collapse of the USSR in 1989. As such, all information regarding production, reserves, refining, consumption and exports were considered to be a state secret and therefore not publicly available.
The secrecy over the status and amount of Russian palladium stocks, coupled with unrest in the region have frequently raised concerns about possible disruptions to the palladium market...............................................Full Article: Source
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