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Re:China appears to be accelerating development of a super-h... by yellow_postit on Thursday September 20, 2018 @11:45AM (#18033306)
Gold’s price collapsing when a meaningfully rich asteroid source can be mined seems likely.
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Re:China appears to be accelerating development of a super-h... by soperj on Thursday September 20, 2018 @02:00PM (#18034333)
This would be a good thing. It's a wonderful metal, just useless when it's worth so much. Silver would be awesome to crash too, since it's more conductive than copper.
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Re:China appears to be accelerating development of a super-h... by skykooler on Thursday September 20, 2018 @12:31PM (#18033682)
Gold isn't a hugely valuable material as a target for asteroid mining. Platinum is a much better option.
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