I'm the type of guy who goes and googles this kind of thing..... It looks like halfnium is a byproduct of zirconium production (1:50 ratio is what the pdf says)

I'm the type of guy who goes and googles this kind of thing..... It looks like halfnium is a byproduct of zirconium production (1:50 ratio is what the pdf says), and that we have a decent chunk of reserve (worldwide), compared with the rate it's mined. It's a riveting read: http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/zirconium/mcs-2009-zirco.pdf http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/zirconium/m...