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iron is far more abundant though.
by kazen44 8y ago
iron is far more abundant though.
- nostrademons 8y agoThe price of a commodity depends more on the energy, labor, and technology required to extract it and consequent market power of the main producers than on its abundance in the earth's crust. Otherwise strontium ($1000/kg, 360 ppm in crust) would be a lot cheaper than tin ($16/kg, 2.2 ppm).