Hafnium, page-11

Cross-post from the other thread:

The discovery that a hafnium product stream could be developed at Dubbo is new for followers of the project though it’s also one with which Minesite’s Man in Oz has a degree of familiarity.
Used in making nuclear fuel rods thanks to its ability to absorb neutrons, a fresh potential market for hafnium has been discovered — as a film on glass, reflecting radiation from the sun to become a sort of energy-free “air conditioner”.
What’s particularly interesting for Minesite’s Man Down Under is that some 20 years ago the head of the Australian Government’s mineral research facility in Western Australia was asked which mineral he saw as having the brightest commercial future. His answer was hafnium, causing a quick dash to the library (it was pre-Wikipedia days) to find out what it was.
The possible addition of hafnium to the Dubbo cocktail of products is interesting from a technical aspect and while it remains to be seen what it means commercially it could add to the interest of potential project financiers, especially government credit agencies keen to help their companies break free from the Chinese near-monopoly on strategic elements.

http://www.minesite.com/2015/02/15/alkane-fires-on-gold-revenue-and-zirconiarare-earth-promise/