North American Palladium is not a palatial sports stadium. It's an exploration and mining company that produces palladium (about two-thirds of sales), along with platinum, nickel, gold, and copper, at the Lac des Iles mine north of Thunder Bay in Ontario. Lac des Iles produces more than 135,000 million ounces of palladium annually. It also mines roughly 20,645 ounces of platinum and gold annually. The largest use for palladium is in making automobile catalysts to reduce exhaust emissions. Palladium is also used in various other applications in the electrical, dental, chemical, and jewelry industries. Glencore and Vale Inco purchase the metals from North American Palladium for smelting and refining.