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Re:Delta-V: Designing the Asteroid Mining Ship 'Konstantin' by WalterBright on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @05:31AM (#24763806)
When the Spanish extracted all the silver and gold they could from South America, it caused a dramatic reduction in the value of silver and gold in Europe.

I.e. dropping a huge chunk of rare Earths onto Earth will make them not-so-rare and prices will collapse.

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Re:Delta-V: Designing the Asteroid Mining Ship 'Konstantin' by Super_Jambo on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @07:31AM (#24764487)
Only if you don't have a monopoly...
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Re:Delta-V: Designing the Asteroid Mining Ship 'Konstantin' by WalterBright on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @04:08PM (#24769755)
You have to sell it to make money.

It's like if Jeff Bezos dumped a big chunk of his Amazon stock on the market. The price would collapse.

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