Looking for information on Helium industry

[merkin]

Out of curiousity I asked at work - we get liquid helium for $4 per liter, liquid nitrogen for about $0.30 per liter. A liter of each is probably more than enough to fill several tanks for trimix....

 

[detroit diver]

That's cheap, but a couple of problems arise.

How do you handle it?
How do you store it?
How do you pressurize it?

 

[DocRCH]

Earlier I had started a thread on He costs. A friend of mine works for Praxair, and they (at this time) are doulbling the price of the He that they sell. Apparently, there are only about 3 companies in the world that mine He and they can set whatever price the market will take. Its industrial uses is why they can charge what they want to.

Robert:doctor: