Michael David Rhenium Alloys

1) Where do rhenium, molybdenum, tungsten come from (i.e. is it mined? Is it a byproduct of something that is mined?) Mined from mineral deposits. 2) While they were making the rhenium filaments for incandescent lamps, they mentioned that scraps are recycled in house because it is so expensiveHow expensive is it? $4575/kg, if Wikipedia is to be believed. I remember a brick-sized block of it was remarkably expensive 3) What was in the largest operating expense at Rhenium Alloys? Cost to keep the furnaces running