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  2. Prices of chemical elements - Wikipedia

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    While the difficulty of obtaining macroscopic samples of synthetic elements in part explains their high value, there has been interest in converting base metals to gold (Chrysopoeia) since ancient times, but only deeper understanding of nuclear physics has allowed the actual production of a tiny amount of gold from other elements for research ...

  3. Cost of goods sold - Wikipedia

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    Cost of goods sold (COGS) (also cost of products sold (COPS), or cost of sales [1]) is the carrying value of goods sold during a particular period. Costs are associated with particular goods using one of the several formulas, including specific identification, first-in first-out (FIFO), or average cost.

  4. Freight rate - Wikipedia

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    Many shipping services, especially air carriers, use dimensional weight for calculating the price, which takes into account both weight and volume of the cargo. For example, bulk coal long-distance rates in America are approximately 1 cent/ton-mile. [2] So a 100 car train, each carrying 100 tons, over a distance of 1000 miles, would cost $100,000.

  5. Synthesis of precious metals - Wikipedia

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    The radioactivity in MBq per gram of each of the platinum group metals which are formed by the fission of uranium. Of the metals shown, ruthenium is the most radioactive. Palladium has an almost constant activity, due to the very long half-life of the synthesized 107 Pd, while rhodium is the least radioactive.

  6. Pacific Mail Steamship Company - Wikipedia

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    The first three steamships constructed for Pacific Mail were the SS California, of 1050 tons, the SS Oregon, of 1250 tons, and the SS Panama, of 1058 tons. [3] The company initially believed it would be transporting agricultural goods from the West Coast, but just as operations began, gold was found in the Sierra Nevada, and business boomed almost from the start.

  7. Gold extraction - Wikipedia

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    Gold extraction is the extraction of gold from dilute ores using a combination of chemical processes. ... Over 10,000,000 pounds (4,500,000 kg) of mercury ...

  8. Union-Castle Line - Wikipedia

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    It was formed from the merger of the Union Line and Castle Shipping Line. It merged with Bullard King and Clan Line in 1956 to form British & Commonwealth Shipping , and then with South African Marine Corporation (commonly referred to as Safmarine ) in 1973 to create International Liner Services , but maintained its separate identity throughout.

  9. Coast Lines - Wikipedia

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    The name of Coast Lines Limited was adopted in 1917, when the company was purchased by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company at a cost of £800,000 [2] (equivalent to £56,625,874 in 2023). [ 3 ] In 1931, the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was dissolved after an accounting scandal which led to the imprisonment of chairman Lord Kylsant for ...