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> It costs around $10000 per Kg.

No, your source clearly says that was its peak price in 2008/2009, after which it fell to ~$3000 in 2018, and in 2020 it was $1000/kg [1].

[1] https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-rhenium.pd...



The $1000/kg was a minimum due to the reduction in air traffic caused by COVID-19.

It is unlikely that the rhenium price will ever return to that value.

The problem is that there are no chances of greatly increasing the production, so any new application will increase the price.




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