How long will it last? Graphic shows number of years left of various materials [pic]

Re:How long will it last? Graphic shows number of years left... by jodrellblank on Sunday April 19, 2009 @09:43AM (#569396)

Agreed, and moreso why don't they have information on Hafnium? Is it a secret? Does nobody have an estimate of how much there is scattered about? Are mining companies busy digging for diamonds or copper and oops a lump of hafnium pops up ('ooh what luck, I know a power station owner who will want that!')?

I do hope there's some big Hafnium mining monopoly conspiracy behind this! ;)

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Re:How long will it last? Graphic shows number of years left... by cschneid on Sunday April 19, 2009 @11:29AM (#569478)

I'm the type of guy who goes and googles this kind of thing..... It looks like halfnium is a byproduct of zirconium production (1:50 ratio is what the pdf says), and that we have a decent chunk of reserve (worldwide), compared with the rate it's mined.

It's a riveting read: http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/zirconium/m...

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