[LINK] mineral resources audit

[Lea de Groot]

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:48:13 +0200, Kim Holburn wrote:
>> Armin Reller, a materials chemist at the University of Augsburg in 
>> Germany, and his colleagues are among the few groups who have been 
>> investigating the problem. He estimates that we have, at best, 10 
>> years before we run out of indium. Its impending scarcity could 
>> already be reflected in its price: in January 2003 the metal sold 
>> for around $60 per kilogram; by August 2006 the price had shot up to 
>> over $1000 per kilogram.

Interesting! I guess we're going to be mining garbage dumps soon?
Lets just hope we get the space industry up to speed to get us out to 
the asteroids while we still can, eh? (Says the space flight fanatic 
;)) 

Lea
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