World is running out of tungsten?
 

OK, Iggy, can you come somewhat close to the $35/kilo Richard
mentioned?

I wonder what shipping would cost, but then my neighbor has a shipping
broker I might be able to tap into.

Joe


On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:25:28 -0500, Ignoramus21579
wrote:

On 2012-03-17, Joe wrote:

Oh, good, does this mean I should start looking for a buyer for the
~500 lbs of pure W that I have?

Not really, you can just sell it to me.

i

World is running out of tungsten?
 

Thanks, Richard. Where did you get your figures? I've been looking for
quite a while and can't find squat online when it comes to tungsten.
That makes me rather at the mercy of the few dealers around here who
will even take it.

Joe


On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:02:11 -0500, Richard
wrote:

On 3/16/2012 7:49 PM, Joe wrote:

Oh, good, does this mean I should start looking for a buyer for the
~500 lbs of pure W that I have?

Joe

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:49:41 -0500, Ignoramus32673
wrote:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentr...u-should-care/


Looks like $35 per kilo,
bit strangely, sponge and powder forms may be worth more?

World is running out of tungsten?
 

On 3/19/2012 6:33 PM, Joe wrote:
Thanks, Richard. Where did you get your figures? I've been looking for
quite a while and can't find squat online when it comes to tungsten.
That makes me rather at the mercy of the few dealers around here who
will even take it.

Joe


On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:02:11 -0500,
wrote:

On 3/16/2012 7:49 PM, Joe wrote:

Oh, good, does this mean I should start looking for a buyer for the
~500 lbs of pure W that I have?

Joe

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:49:41 -0500, Ignoramus32673
wrote:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentr...u-should-care/


Looks like $35 per kilo,
bit strangely, sponge and powder forms may be worth more?


Googled "spot price tungsten" and read a few.

That $35 came from this one...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_th...e_for_tungsten

(Sorry, I usually try to post my kinks)

World is running out of tungsten?
 

On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:39:07 -0500, Richard
wrote:

On 3/19/2012 6:33 PM, Joe wrote:
Thanks, Richard. Where did you get your figures? I've been looking for
quite a while and can't find squat online when it comes to tungsten.
That makes me rather at the mercy of the few dealers around here who
will even take it.

Joe


That $35 came from this one...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_th...e_for_tungsten

(Sorry, I usually try to post my kinks)


Thanks again!

World is running out of tungsten?
 

On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:52:19 -0400, Wild_Bill wrote:

A friend photographed his aerial view flying over a long ago closed
copper mining operation in NM.. the vast scale of those mines can't be
appreciated by looking at pictures in textbooks.

Check Norilsk in Siberia/Russia. It's similar latitude to Alaskan North
Slope, but it's an industrial city with population of 100,000 and a mile-
wide, half-mile deep hole in the ground, whereas people commute to the
Slope oilfields by flying in and out. Norilsk also apparently holds the
record for most polluted city in the world. Russians are tough people.

World is running out of tungsten?
 

On 2012-03-22, Przemek Klosowski wrote:
On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:52:19 -0400, Wild_Bill wrote:

A friend photographed his aerial view flying over a long ago closed
copper mining operation in NM.. the vast scale of those mines can't be
appreciated by looking at pictures in textbooks.

Check Norilsk in Siberia/Russia. It's similar latitude to Alaskan North
Slope, but it's an industrial city with population of 100,000 and a mile-
wide, half-mile deep hole in the ground, whereas people commute to the
Slope oilfields by flying in and out. Norilsk also apparently holds the
record for most polluted city in the world. Russians are tough people.

Not tough, they die 10 years easlier because of it. I found an article
about it.

http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=1409

i

World is running out of tungsten?
 

On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:04:50 +0000 (UTC), Przemek Klosowski
wrote:

On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:52:19 -0400, Wild_Bill wrote:

A friend photographed his aerial view flying over a long ago closed
copper mining operation in NM.. the vast scale of those mines can't be
appreciated by looking at pictures in textbooks.

Check Norilsk in Siberia/Russia. It's similar latitude to Alaskan North
Slope, but it's an industrial city with population of 100,000 and a mile-
wide, half-mile deep hole in the ground, whereas people commute to the
Slope oilfields by flying in and out. Norilsk also apparently holds the
record for most polluted city in the world. Russians are tough people.

OhMyCrom! 4 million tons?

Environment

Landscape near Norilsk

Much of the surrounding areas are naturally treeless tundra.


Pollution

The nickel ore is smelted on site at Norilsk. The smelting is directly
responsible for severe pollution, generally acid rain and smog. By
some estimates, 1 percent of the entire global emissions of sulfur
dioxide comes from this one city. Heavy metal pollution near Norilsk
is so severe that mining the surface soil is now economically
feasible, as a result of acquiring high concentrations of platinum and
palladium through pollution.[11]

The Blacksmith Institute[8] included Norilsk in its 2007 list of the
ten most polluted places on Earth. The list cites air pollution by
particulates (including radioisotopes strontium-90, and caesium-137
and metals nickel, copper, cobalt, lead, and selenium) and by gases
(such as nitrogen and carbon oxides, sulfur dioxide, phenols, and
hydrogen sulfide). The Institute estimates four million tons of
cadmium, copper, lead, nickel, arsenic, selenium, and zinc are
released into the air every year.[citation needed]

According to an April 2007 BBC News report,[12] the company accepted
responsibility for what had happened to the forests, and insisted they
were taking action to cut the pollution. For the period up to
2015–2020 the company expects to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions by
approximately two-thirds, but admits it is hard to guarantee this pace
of reduction because they are still developing the technology. CNN has
claimed that there is not a single living tree within 48 km (30 mi) of
the nickel smelter Nadezhda ("The Hope").[13]

--
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
-- Jimi Hendrix

World is running out of tungsten?
 

Larry Jaques wrote:



The nickel ore is smelted on site at Norilsk. The smelting is directly
responsible for severe pollution, generally acid rain and smog. By
some estimates, 1 percent of the entire global emissions of sulfur
dioxide comes from this one city. Heavy metal pollution near Norilsk
is so severe that mining the surface soil is now economically
feasible, as a result of acquiring high concentrations of platinum and
palladium through pollution.[11]

I would think then, that capturing it the point source (s) would be
even more feasible.

jk

World is running out of tungsten?
 

SNIP
That $35 came from this one...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_th...e_for_tungsten

(Sorry, I usually try to post my kinks)


Kinks? Most people keep them private. G


--
Steve Walker
(remove brain when replying)

World is running out of tungsten?
 

Steve Walker wrote:
SNIP
That $35 came from this one...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_th...e_for_tungsten

(Sorry, I usually try to post my kinks)


Kinks? Most people keep them private. G


At least somebody is awake out there.... VBG

World is running out of tungsten?
 

Sounds like Iron City.. Pittsburgh PA a few generations ago, except that
Pittsburgh has 4 seasons not an arctic environment.

A very interesting website written by a talented native writer, about the
areas surrounding Chernobol and notable historic battle sites.. The
Serpent's Wall.

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/

http://www.theserpentswall.com/page35.html

http://www.theserpentswall.com/index.html


--
WB
..........


"Przemek Klosowski" wrote in message
...

Check Norilsk in Siberia/Russia. It's similar latitude to Alaskan North
Slope, but it's an industrial city with population of 100,000 and a mile-
wide, half-mile deep hole in the ground, whereas people commute to the
Slope oilfields by flying in and out. Norilsk also apparently holds the
record for most polluted city in the world. Russians are tough people.

World is running out of tungsten?
 

China sets up rare earth body to shake up industry
BEIJING (Reuters) 4/8/12

China accounts for about 97 percent of world output of the 17 rare earth
metals..

--
WB
..........



"Ignoramus32673" wrote in message
...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentr...u-should-care/