jakob: i hope so.ill be some people who will leave and some people who are enthusiastic entering the register. right now is the time for us to think long-term. >> rio tinto ceo jakob stausholm speaking with taylor riggs and romaine bostick. let's look at prices soaring once again. minerals attracting its highest ever winning bid for a shipment. paul allen joins us now with more. what is the steep upside right now? we see so much enthusiasm for the future metals. paul: that minerals deal was quite extraordinary. this was for a shipment of the raw material of lithium. 5000 tons shipment. just last month, they saw the shipment for $7,000 a ton, so that is a 10% jump. if you get to the more refined product, lithium carbonate, that is even more expensive. 71.5 thousand dollars per ton, triple five months ago. at price going beyond those insane levels that elon musk was talking about a year ago. demand for electric vehicles obviously a factor here but there's so many supply issues as well. sichuan province h