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AIMCAL are running a series of Webinars.  Some of these will be presentations of papers from the last Fall Conference that are thought to be of possible interest to a wider audience and to those who were not able to attend.  If you are interested in seeing the full list of Webinars go to www.aimcal.org and follow the instructions/options as you will see I shall be presenting the following topic as detailed below.

Join us for a Webinar on February 5

 
  Dwindling Resources - A Molehill Out of a Mountain

There has been plenty of publicity about the rapid increase in the price of Indium. This price rise was as a result of a number of factors such as it only being mined as a by-product of zinc and their being only limited stockpiles.  This was exacerbated by a large increase in its use for transparent conducting coatings for the display industry as well as the newer faster increase in the photovoltaic industry.  The net result of this was that companies suddenly found that recycling did make sense and so the supply was enhanced, at least for a time, by the input of recovered indium.  

Since that time if you have observed the metals trading markets you will have seen all kinds of price increases in materials that heretofore we have thought of as abundant.  In reality with the increased world population and increasing affluence, the demand for goods is increasing and the amount of materials being tied up in these goods is increasing. This requires mining more materials and, for some, this is becoming more difficult and expensive as these materials are found to be increasingly scarce.  

In this paper I will highlight some of the other materials that may be under threat and hence likely to continue to rise in price.

Title: Dwindling Resources - A Molehill Out of a Mountain

Date:Thursday, February 5, 2009

Time:2:00 PM - 3:00 AM EST

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