Re: ...but titanium is

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"bjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On May 24, 10:51 am, A Muzi <a...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
-snip ti-
Hank wrote:
A buddy of mine and his wife wear titanium rings as their wedding
bands, because they wanted to boycott the African mining industry.
A Muzi <a...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hmmm. So the Gulag is 'better'?
Hank wrote:
What gulag?
Half of it comes either from Australia or Canada. 20% comes from South
Africa. Less than 10% comes from former Soviet republics, mainly the
Ukraine. If you're buying wedding rings, it would be neither difficult
nor unimportant to vet the source of the material.

Australia, Canada, South Africa, USA, Indonesia along with Russia supply
the bulk of gold. Slave states like Zimbabwe and Sudan extract
negligible amounts.

I was mistaken about Ti.

Rutile's almost entirely from Canada and South Africa. With other ores,
add in Australia for the preponderance of Ti. Small sources with
antipathy toward their citizens include Vietnam and Egypt but not
Zimbabwe or Sudan.

If one wishes to boycott luxury items on ethical
grounds, gold seems like a less pressing target
than diamonds [*]. Or oil, for that matter.

Ben

[*] AFAICT, only a relatively small percentage of
diamonds are actual conflict diamonds. But they
all are tied up with De Beers's ruthless grip and
marketing strategy, which is close to reason enough
to choose something else.

http://www.polarbeardiamond.com/faq.html

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