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Re:World's First Deep-Sea Mining Venture to Launch in 2019 by ericd on Friday March 24, 2017 @07:00PM (#13952925)
Not unobtanium, but 90 million tons of platinum is worth a decent amount.

https://www.rt.com/news/310170-platinum-asteroid-2011-uw-158...

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Re:World's First Deep-Sea Mining Venture to Launch in 2019 by sqeaky on Friday March 24, 2017 @07:43PM (#13953154)
I am so curious what will actually happen when someone tries to mine one of these.

With they retain their mining rights and sell carefully, or will the price of platinum crash?

With a government steal it and will there be wars over it?

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Re:World's First Deep-Sea Mining Venture to Launch in 2019 by ericd on Friday March 24, 2017 @07:52PM (#13953198)
Heh yeah, interesting to ponder. I imagine that others will race off to mine other asteroids, and the price of platinum and other rare metals/minerals will plummet.

Or maybe you'll get a resurgence of nation-state-level companies like the old Dutch East Indies company, as well as piracy.

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