Seems the US is concerned about magnesium supply...

Seems the US is concerned about magnesium supply chains................

US finalizes 'critical' minerals list, includes cobalt, lithium, PGMs

"including...........indium, lithium, magnesium, manganese, niobium, platinum group metals"


The Department of the Interior has identified 35 minerals as “critical”.

The designation is based on a matrix of criteria, including physical scarcity, concentration of production, supply chain reliability and U.S. import dependency.

Or, as summarized by one Commerce Department representative, “critical means you need it, strategic means you don’t have it.”


"Therefore, strategies to increase the domestic supply of these commodities must necessarily consider the mining and processing of the host materials because enhanced recovery of byproducts alone may be insufficient to meet US consumption," it said.

Magnesium IS in demand...............

read more here....... https://www.platts.com/latest-news/...2?hootpostid=03d2e5ec344108c050e58cb653f0f7b6

and here............... https://www.reuters.com/article/usa...oing-to-do-about-them-andy-home-idUSL5N1SV5HP