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Asteroid Mining and the Market for Platinum, a speculative analysis
The potential existence of a high-volume asteroid-derived platinum supply is examined from an economic perspective to assess the possible impact on long-term platinum supply. It is hypothesized that space-mined resources will increasingly become available over the next 30 years to 2050, driven by gr...
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| author | Kieck, Charles |
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| description | The potential existence of a high-volume asteroid-derived platinum supply is examined from an economic perspective to assess the possible impact on long-term platinum supply. It is hypothesized that space-mined resources will increasingly become available over the next 30 years to 2050, driven by growing human activity in near-Earth space. Forecasted asteroid platinum supply under 3 scenarios is compared to forecasted terrestrial platinum supply. The thesis finds that, depending on the speed at which the size of an asteroid practical to mine up-scales, space-mined platinum has the potential to significantly impact on the terrestrial platinum market. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/33817 Asteroid Mining and the Market for Platinum, a speculative analysis Kieck, Charles Leiman, Anthony Economics The potential existence of a high-volume asteroid-derived platinum supply is examined from an economic perspective to assess the possible impact on long-term platinum supply. It is hypothesized that space-mined resources will increasingly become available over the next 30 years to 2050, driven by growing human activity in near-Earth space. Forecasted asteroid platinum supply under 3 scenarios is compared to forecasted terrestrial platinum supply. The thesis finds that, depending on the speed at which the size of an asteroid practical to mine up-scales, space-mined platinum has the potential to significantly impact on the terrestrial platinum market. 2021-08-24T01:41:01Z 2021-08-24T01:41:01Z 2021 2021-08-24T01:04:05Z Master Thesis Masters MCom http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33817 eng application/pdf School of Economics Faculty of Commerce |
| spellingShingle | Economics Kieck, Charles Asteroid Mining and the Market for Platinum, a speculative analysis |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Asteroid Mining and the Market for Platinum, a speculative analysis |
| title_full | Asteroid Mining and the Market for Platinum, a speculative analysis |
| title_fullStr | Asteroid Mining and the Market for Platinum, a speculative analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Asteroid Mining and the Market for Platinum, a speculative analysis |
| title_short | Asteroid Mining and the Market for Platinum, a speculative analysis |
| title_sort | asteroid mining and the market for platinum a speculative analysis |
| topic | Economics |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33817 |
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