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crimethink
17th July 2015, 11:41 AM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3165222/Asteroid-worth-3-TRILLION-precious-metals-set-pass-Earth-Sunday-watch-live.html

Asteroid 2011 UW-158 is thought to have a 100 million ton core of platinum

BrewTech
17th July 2015, 09:00 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3165222/Asteroid-worth-3-TRILLION-precious-metals-set-pass-Earth-Sunday-watch-live.html

Asteroid 2011 UW-158 is thought to have a 100 million ton core of platinum

Explains why Pt is sub 1000...

Glass
18th July 2015, 02:06 AM
100 million tons is a lot of tons. catalytic converters could be cheaper. and yes the market would crash, unless you controlled supply, like oil or diamonds or currency. Could you hypothecate it maybe?

Deposit it at the First Galactic Bank (a.k.a. space) and then lease it out.