Furthermore, the low abundance and difficult separation techniques necessary make it a scarce commodity.[10] When the demand for hafnium-free zirconium dropped following the Fukushima disaster, the price of hafnium increased sharply from around $500–600/kg in 2014 to around $1000/kg in 2015.[...
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