The Commodity No One Knows About But Everybody Wants To Buy"The metal averaged about $40 a kilogram in 2015, according to Cradle Resources, which is based in Perth, Australia. An equivalent amount of copper on the London Metal Exchange fetched about $5.49. Global demand for niobium is about 90,000 to 100,000 tonnes annually.
"Magris Resources Inc., founded by Aaron Regent, a former Barrick Gold CEO, agreed to pay $530-million for the Niobec mine in Quebec’s Saguenay region in 2014"
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/niobium-a-rare-metal-thats-become-the-new-boutique-commodity/article30086257/
Other resources and articles:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niobium
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