The Most Expensive Rare Metals That Become the Cause of the Third World War

It is rare metals that will cause a new world war and a new redistribution of the world. So many experts believe in such a field as high technology. And it's not about gold, silver, and even platinum. No, we are talking about really rare metals, whose annual production rarely exceeds 1,000 tons. And the constant growth of high-tech equipment requires more and more raw materials, which includes rare metals.

So, let's look at a few metals that are considered the most expensive in the world and the rarest.

It's worth starting with India (Indium). This metal belongs to the group of light metals in appearance silver-white metal. Refers to the category of rare metals is not accidental, since it is very difficult to separate other metals from ores, and a very small amount is obtained when it is isolated. Used for the manufacture of LCD screens and as components for photocells. And the cost of such a metal is only $ 700 per kilogram.

The next rare metal is Lutetium. It refers to lanthanides and is actively used in the production of various media and in laser technologies. Rare metals like Lutetia for today is worth at least 3.5 thousand dollars per kilogram.

Scandium is also one of the rare metals that is actively used in metallurgy as an additive to aluminum and magnesium alloys, which allows to significantly change their physical properties, in sports equipment where light but strong accessories are needed, in the oil refining industry and in medicine. In appearance it is a silvery light metal with a yellow tint. The cost of such metal is 12 thousand dollars for 1 kilogram.

The next rare metal that just can not fail to mention is Osmium. It belongs to the group of so-called platinum metals and to the appearance of a silvery-bluish brittle metal. It is actively used in incandescent filaments in an alloy with tungsten, in the production of artillery ammunition and rockets. And as little as any technique in aviation and the space industry does not contain this metal. In addition, in conjunction with conventional metals in a certain ratio, this rare metal is used for the manufacture of pen tips for automatic handles. The cost of such a metal exceeds 200 thousand dollars for only 1 gram.

And finally, the most expensive, and rare metal on the planet is California. It is mainly used in the form of an isotope 252Cf, which is a radioactive material. The main purpose of this metal is medicine, or rather technology for radiation therapy. The cost of such metal is 6.5 million dollars per gram.

And now think for no reason all of the above chemical elements were given the name of rare metals. And it's not that they can not be mined, it's all about the fact that the deposits, where they are in the minimum quantities for industrial production, can be counted on the fingers of one hand. And this, in the opinion of experts, will cause a battle for these deposits. After all, none of the leaders of superpowers such as the United States, China, Japan, Russia, will not come to mind to abandon the high technology and production of LCD monitors, baseball bits, electronic computing and space technology. And recent developments regarding oil fields have clearly indicated how superpowers are solving their problems.