This article is dedicated to consideration of the specific features and perspectives of the world and Russian platinum group metals resource base, the changes in supply and demand for platinum and palladium from the beginning of the century. The predictive estimation of platinum and main platinum group metals prices made by different experts and analysts is included.

A brief scope of recent tendencies in supplying and consuming of strategic mineral raw materials by the Russian industry is presented, and a perspective for a re-estimation of the North-West Russia resource potential in concern of the Complete Utilization of Georesources Concept are outlined and grounded.