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Asteroid mining to dominate the industry: experts

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 11, 2013 | 6:16 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Europe Gold Iron Ore Lead Nickel Palladium Platinum Silver Zinc 

Profiting from the riches that asteroids, stars and unknown planets have to offer not only seems closer than ever, but experts think space mining will likely dominate the extractive industry in the short term. That was the main conclusion of...

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