Asteroid Mining and the Market for Platinum, a speculative analysis

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dc.contributor.advisorLeiman, Anthony
dc.contributor.authorKieck, Charles
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-24T01:41:01Z
dc.date.available2021-08-24T01:41:01Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2021-08-24T01:04:05Z
dc.description.abstractThe potential existence of a high-volume asteroid-derived platinum supply is examined from an economic perspective to assess the possible impact on long-term platinum supply. It is hypothesized that space-mined resources will increasingly become available over the next 30 years to 2050, driven by growing human activity in near-Earth space. Forecasted asteroid platinum supply under 3 scenarios is compared to forecasted terrestrial platinum supply. The thesis finds that, depending on the speed at which the size of an asteroid practical to mine up-scales, space-mined platinum has the potential to significantly impact on the terrestrial platinum market.
dc.identifier.apacitationKieck, C. (2021). <i>Asteroid Mining and the Market for Platinum, a speculative analysis</i>. (). ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33817en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKieck, Charles. <i>"Asteroid Mining and the Market for Platinum, a speculative analysis."</i> ., ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33817en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKieck, C. 2021. Asteroid Mining and the Market for Platinum, a speculative analysis. . ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33817en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Master Thesis AU - Kieck, Charles AB - The potential existence of a high-volume asteroid-derived platinum supply is examined from an economic perspective to assess the possible impact on long-term platinum supply. It is hypothesized that space-mined resources will increasingly become available over the next 30 years to 2050, driven by growing human activity in near-Earth space. Forecasted asteroid platinum supply under 3 scenarios is compared to forecasted terrestrial platinum supply. The thesis finds that, depending on the speed at which the size of an asteroid practical to mine up-scales, space-mined platinum has the potential to significantly impact on the terrestrial platinum market. DA - 2021_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Economics LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2021 T1 - Asteroid Mining and the Market for Platinum, a speculative analysis TI - Asteroid Mining and the Market for Platinum, a speculative analysis UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33817 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/33817
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKieck C. Asteroid Mining and the Market for Platinum, a speculative analysis. []. ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2021 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33817en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economics
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerce
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.titleAsteroid Mining and the Market for Platinum, a speculative analysis
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMCom
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