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Blockchain plan for trading, shipping

The team behind the online trading platform Open Mineral have turned their attention to the actual mechanics of how metals get from mines to end users.

Alex Hamer in London
 Lighter load: Minerac wants to cut down the paperwork needed to ship concentrates all over the world with smart contracts. PICTURE: Toan Thang

Lighter load: Minerac wants to cut down the paperwork needed to ship concentrates all over the world with smart contracts. PICTURE: Toan Thang

They hope to shake it up with a smart contracts system. Teaming up with the minds behind the Ethereum blockchain system, Boris Eykher and Max Weiland have launched Minerac, a consortium which aims to...

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