Nevermind that economies are built on real people's labour (ultimately). If we consider the value that this asteroid actually delivers to people, it probably is

Nevermind that economies are built on real people's labour (ultimately). If we consider the value that this asteroid actually delivers to people, it probably isn't that significant. Iron is already pretty common, Nickel might be cool, gold is mostly specialist, because jewellery doesn't make peoples lives easier in any meaningful way that isn't about social signalling. Now if the asteroid were made from a fairly pure form of aluminium, that would be good. Aluminium is great stuff, and it takes mounds of energy to process.