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Humanity Can Render Zinc Extinct

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Johnny C:
Metal slaves? Solid.

Chesire Cat:
Well now Sony doesnt have that high demand problem *badum-tsh!*

Vendetagainst:
tantalum is mostly produced in Australia anyway, it's absurd that electronics companies should be fueling a war for something that could be obtained elsewhere.

This article reminds me of the growing act of stealing catalytic converters from cars because of their high precious metal content.

calenlass:
Uh did you miss the bit about tantalum being refined coltan? As in, you need coltan to produce tantalum.


Tantalum is in high demand from airlines commissioning new planes right now because if you can make some of the engine components from it and thus make them run hotter the jets become more fuel efficient.

Vendetagainst:
well it's not actually refined coltan, it's its own element that is simply found naturally in the mineral coltan. It's mostly extracted from the Wodgina Mine which is in Australia.

*Edit: Oh hey look, you're in my sigquote!*

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