Buckypaper: the end of iron ore?

[skyQuake]

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081018/tec_buckypaper.html
Only issue now is price and production. Once its gets competitive our miners are goneeeeee

 

[sam76]

Re: Buckypaper. The end of Iron ore?

This sort of stuff is the biotech of the mineral world.

Interesting but it looks a few years off yet.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

Interesting but a way off I agree.

gg

 

[jonojpsg]

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081018/tec_buckypaper.html
Only issue now is price and production. Once its gets competitive our miners are goneeeeee

Yeah, once they get the price down from a gazillion dollars a tonne to match the latest iron ore contracts, watch out BHPB, FMG, RIO, Vale, etc. you're gooooooonnnnnnnneeeeee

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

Yeah, once they get the price down from a gazillion dollars a tonne to match the latest iron ore contracts, watch out BHPB, FMG, RIO, Vale, etc. you're gooooooonnnnnnnneeeeee

watch the Castle mate.

Your dreamin.

gg

 

[Flip]

How would you invest in something like this? I'm not willing to throw money just yet but if there was a company actually producing carbon nanotubes / related materials and selling them to companies that make money by putting them into products then I would be interested.

 

[skyQuake]

I'll be certainly look to buy into their IPO (if there is one). Even if its a complete dud or a pipe dream there's gonna be a whole heap of momentum to catch (not to mention stag profits).

 

[Wysiwyg]

Buckypaper: the end of iron ore?


I`m scared man.

 

[deadset]

The question is how easy are nanotubes to make in large quantities ?
What does it replace ? It what situations does any additional performance benefit justify any increased cost or increased manufacturing costs for the finished product ? Is buckypaper easier to construct things with compared to pressed metal products or labour intensive composites ?

I might have to read up on the nanotube manufacturing process.