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Asteroid Mining Will Crash the Platinum Market, But That’s Good News for Earth
Universe Today · By Andy Tomaswick ·
The Brief · written from 2 sources
- Asteroid mining skeptics often ask how the prices of platinum-group metals would change if asteroid-sourced supply arrived.
- The sources argue that a flood of asteroid platinum would likely crash the platinum market.
- The sources frame this price drop as good news for Earth.
Why it matters
Science readers following space resource economics can see how asteroid mining could affect metal markets and the broader case for space-derived materials.
Who’s affected
- space industry observers
- anyone interested in platinum markets and mining economics
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- #platinum
- #space resources
- #commodity markets
- #space economics
Science fiction authors have been dreaming of robotic spacecraft harvesting fortunes from asteroids for decades. Humanity is slowly getting closer to that reality. But if you ask asteroid mining skeptics, they will usually ask one specific question - what happens to the prices of…
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