Word: fluorspar
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...fantastic prices for war materials. They had cornered the Mexican mercury market and bought considerable stocks of molybdenum by offering $4.74 against the U. S. price of $4.43 for mercury, $3.55 against $2.75 for molybdenum. They offered 5 to 6% more than U. S. prices for Mexican antimony, copper, fluorspar, tungsten. Another Mexican motive was thought to be a covering move against possible U. S. embargo pressure: Mexico could tell the U. S. she would gladly embargo oil, but could not block operations of Japanese-controlled firms actually operating in Mexico...