Pretty eye-opening. If I'm reading it correctly, we mined
24,000 metric tons of silver
3,000 metric tons of gold
but just 380 metric tons of platinum group metals. That's platinum, palladium, iridium, osmium, rhodium, and ruthenium--combined.
The beauty of metric is that it's all base 10: A metric ton is just 1,000 kilograms or about 2200 pounds.
We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last. --Severian the Lame
@Weiss said:
Pretty eye-opening. If I'm reading it correctly, we mined
24,000 metric tons of silver
3,000 metric tons of gold
but just 380 metric tons of platinum group metals. That's platinum, palladium, iridium, osmium, rhodium, and ruthenium--combined.
The beauty of metric is that it's all base 10: A metric ton is just 1,000 kilograms or about 2200 pounds.
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Very interesting, and thought provoking. Makes one wonder how much is left and how long can it continue?? Cheers, RickO
Thanks for posting that info @derryb
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You can barely see gutter metal on that chart
COPPER is gutter !

Need to lasso asteroids
COPPER is gutter !

Longer than humans remain a viable species.
Knowledge is the enemy of fear
There's already more than enough above ground gutter to outlast the human race. RGDS!
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Pretty eye-opening. If I'm reading it correctly, we mined
24,000 metric tons of silver
3,000 metric tons of gold
but just 380 metric tons of platinum group metals. That's platinum, palladium, iridium, osmium, rhodium, and ruthenium--combined.
The beauty of metric is that it's all base 10: A metric ton is just 1,000 kilograms or about 2200 pounds.
--Severian the Lame
Where is the link for that diagram?
See the blue highlighted text in derryb's original post up top.
--Severian the Lame
Thank you......
Nice to know. Thank you.
I strongly agree with @cohodk & @blitzdude
Not when 8,000 tons a year are consumed.
Does being a fiancial whiz with dollars make one an expert with gold?