"With our own planet’s resources under ever-growing pressure and competition, could the mining of asteroids and even other planets provide a more sustainable path for development? For our latest readers’ Q&A we’ve lined up a panel of experts that includes some of the leading academics looking at the possibilities of extra-terrestrial mining and two of the companies that hope to develop the technology and expertise to make it happen."
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/aerospace/news/the-engineer-qa-space-mining/1015824.article