Ruthenium ni kimwe mu bintu bya platine.Ikoreshwa ryingenzi cyane ni ugukora catalizator.Cataliseri ya platine-rutheniyumu irashobora gukoreshwa muguhagarika selile ya methanol no kugabanya dioxyde de carbone;Grubbs catalizaires irashobora gukoreshwa kuri olefin metathesis reaction.Byongeye kandi, ibiterwa bya rutheniyumu birashobora kandi gukoreshwa mugukora firime zibyibushye kandi nkibikurura urumuri mumirasire yizuba.

Ruthenium ni ubwoko bwicyuma cyiza gifite imikorere ya catalitiki ikora kandi ikoreshwa mubitekerezo byinshi, nka hydrogenation reaction na catalitike ya okiside.Usibye ibiranga rutheniyumu, insinga za nano-ruthenium zifite ibiranga nano-ibikoresho ndetse n’imikorere isumba iyindi "insinga za kwant".