moinsdewatt wrote:and yet it is not expensive.
You could have continued in the same Wikipedia link:
The year-end price for tellurium in 2000 was US $ 14 per pound. In recent years, the tellurium price was driven up by increased demand and limited supply, reaching as high as US $ 100 per pound in 2006.
yes, as long as it's a waste, but
if we really need it
this Te waste, of 1Kg per 1000 tonnes of copper, which has become precious and untraceable, as much as platinum, will become more expensive than gold !!!
lessdewatt can speculate and make a fortune, by storing lots of tellurium at a low price, much better than gold bars, in his garage, instead of old clogs !!
There are so many cheap minerals that will become overpriced due to shortage and future depletion, in the near term, well before the end of oil and overheating of our planet.