Aluminium: Scarcer/rarer than Silver or Gold

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Source: SS Raging Bull
Date: Late at night, in a mosquito infested cabin, on a miserable 1st of February 2012.

Good evening to all.
You come to this thread with a strong conviction Aluminium is not rare. How can this be if we can buy Alfoil (Aluminium Foil) used for baking those potatoes in the oven.
Today we refine Bauxite by 'scraping' the Earth, then heating the Bauxite to around 200 Degrees Celsius so the Aluminium is dissolved (known as the Bayer Process - a costly yet effective way of refining Aluminium today.

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There is no debate about Aluminium (in hard to refine Ores) being:
Some of you may recall a vague story about how Aluminum (aka. Aluminium) was in the past perceived to be the most scarce metal on Earth due to the lack of technology able to refine the eluded metal from compounds.

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FUN BUBBLE FARTS FACTS:
Did you know Aluminium inflation-adjusted prices today are far lower than they were one hundred years ago? (U.S. Geological Survey)
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Ladies and Gentletrolls, I am here to tell you that Aluminium had never lost its scarcity position. You have been duped-de-woop'd. It is still rare today*
*Conditions apply. Please see in store for details.

There are three points to consider.
  1. Aluminium in its free form naturally native occurring state is extremely rare. So rare that it surpasses all other precious metals. Aluminium is normally only found in its native natural free form state in oxygen deficient environments (such as volcanic mud), and if left unexposed or vacuumed sealed from an Oxygen free environment may fetch high premiums.[/*]
  2. Corundum is the most common naturally occurring crystalline form of aluminium oxide. Rubies and sapphires are gem-quality forms of corundum [Excerpt: Wiki][/*]
  3. Peak Aluminium: Who has heard of this? I wager none of you. We have all heard how the world is 'running out' of resources. Well, it makes sense Aluminium will eventually run out, but when is the question.[/*]

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FUN BUBBLE FARTS FACTS #2:
Australia has huge reserves of Bauxite, and produces over 40% of the world's ore. Australia is also one of the biggest producers of Corundum Minerals and Gemstones (such as Sapphires and Rubies).
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1. ALUMINIUM IN ITS FREE FORM STATE:
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2. RUBIES AND SAPPHIRES ARE ALUMINIUM TOO:
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3. PEAK ALUMINIUM:
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DISCUSSION TIME:
  • Do you believe Aluminium is rare?[/*]
  • Is Aluminium undervalued?[/*]
  • Are there 'other' notable metals worth considering 'reclassifying' or classifying as "Precious"?[/*]
  • Is Australia sitting on a Gold Mine with Aluminium?[/*]
  • What are your opinions and comments?[/*]


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Done. Edited thread finished.

Post away members. Please discuss civilly. I created this thread just for you all.
Enjoy!
 
In case the questions on bottom are missed...

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DISCUSSION TIME:
  • Do you believe Aluminium is rare?[/*]
  • Is Aluminium undervalued?[/*]
  • Are there 'other' notable metals worth considering 'reclassifying' or classifying as "Precious"?[/*]
  • Is Australia sitting on a Gold Mine with Aluminium?[/*]
  • What are your opinions and comments?[/*]
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LOL

I'm investing in oxygen at the moment.

I'm told its rarer than aluminum!

Put that in your pipe and smoke it?

BG
 
Ive been in the mining industry 20 years . Specifically/ mostly an alumina refinery ( Alcoa ) and have been in every part of the process in the bayer system from the crushers to the calciners. No Aluminium is not rare. Bauxite earth to alumina AL203 i.e ( aluminum rust ) thereafter its sent off for electrolysis whereby the O3 is ripped off leaving the aluminum metal itself. Going the other way put simply Al203 is heated in an oxy hydrogen flame ( several methods) and from the implosion of cooling contracts to form carborundum add a dopant of titanium and you have sapphire or add a dopant of cromium and you have ruby. I worked on developing my own vernuiel blowpipe but gave up with all the legal bullshit I had to go through. That rip off road is a closed shop. Sometimes these refineries have day tours when you see the zillion tons of it stockpiled youll understand. Occasionally I brought nice bauxite rocks home utterly clustered in white clear undoped crystals for the garden rough as guts and worthless. Aluminum synthetic sapp or ruby would not touch it with a barge pole unless I was making it myself to rip someone else off like the jewelry shops do but natural sapps and rubs at the high end well that might be a completely different story. Errm from 4 tons of bauxite we were getting roughly 1 ton of alumina and as far as I know from 4 tons of alumina 1 ton of aluminum is obtained . Production was some 1,000 tons of alumina a day ball park and there is mountains apon mountains of it covering most the planet and many plant life expectancies are just short of forever lol. If they run out of electrical energy, caustic, lime , suphuric, and a few other common acids then that might make a difference but doubt that will happen till hell freezes over.
 
There's an allocated storage facilty down at my local shopping centre in the carpark, it is heavily guarded by 2 old people on the weekend with a set of scales.
 
Now for the brain fart:


Gold Ore is the primary source of new gold being dug up. This gets processed, yet does not affect price or demand of Gold Nuggets. Why? Well, geniuses figured out the difference between 'natural' and 'manmade'.

Plenty of examples in all metal and gemstone mining.
- Synthetic Opals does not affect Solid Real Opals
- Synthetic Diamonds does not affect Naturally Found Diamonds
- Gold Ore mining does not affect Gold Nuggets

Now, you geniuses that read this thread through and somehow missed obvious key words such as 'native' or 'natural' baffle me.

The original poster was clear "Aluminium in its free form naturally native occurring state is extremely rare."
The reason the original poster mentioned Rubies and Sapphires to bring to your attention that 'Aluminium' could also be considered a 'gemstone' unlike yuck yellow gold. -_-
 
Aluminum in its raw rare form might be a good investment ... ermmmm until it rusts. Guess it would keep in a vacuum or inert gas. I remember this book I think it was from Johnson Matthey about 20 years ago elements in stuff from the periodic table for sale and I recall surprisingly they had gold rust for sale Auo . From memory I think they wanted like 3 times the price of spot; heavens only knows what it is used for . :D
 
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