Word: molybdenum
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...York Curb Exchange, few stocks have scooted up faster and higher in a year than Molybdenum Corp., a little company with a new find of rare minerals (TIME, Oct. 15). One of the heaviest buyers was Broker Ted Sterling of Toronto's Watt & Watt brokerage house, who spread the word among his customers that the stock looked good. As the customers and other buyers in the U.S. and Canada climbed aboard the gravy train, "Moly" soared from $13.50 to $80.50 a share...
Last week Molybdenum Corp. of America, which specializes in producing alloys used for hardening steel, had some big news about the rare-earth metals. A deposit discovered a year ago by the company near the Nevada-California line, said President Marx Hirsch, "is a major metal discovery." He estimated that there are 14 of the 15 rare metals in the ⅓ sq. mi. deposit...
...problem is too big for a quick & easy solution. The U.S. consumes more than 50% of the world's strategic raw materials. But the U.S. is also the world's biggest producer of raw materials. As much as 70% of the world supply of molybdenum (used to harden steel for cutting tools) has come from a single mine at Climax, Colo.; the U.S. produces 90% of the world's high-grade sulphur, is the largest producer of copper, exports more cotton than any other country. But in other materials, notably metals like tungsten and cobalt...
...total consumed Commodity (in tons) in U.S. in the U.S. Copper . . . . . . . . . 2,741,776 41% 50% Lead . . . . . . . . . . . 1,700,000 34 51 Zinc . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,010,048 45 50 Manganese . . . . . 3,375,000 5 50 Tungsten . . . . . . . 8,816 22 35 Cobalt . . . . . . . . . . 6,500 14 63 Nickel . . . . . . . . . . 170,000 ½ 50 Molybdenum . . . . 15,680 90 83 Wool . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000,000 (lbs.) 3 16 Cotton . . . . . . . . . . 31,400,000 (bales) 52 29 Natural Rubber...
...true notably in Britain. The squeeze on civilian goods will have to come in the U.S. Thus, Britain will get a priority to purchase U.S. copper for its jet planes, even if it means that U.S. TV-set makers must do without it; France will be able to buy molybdenum for its steel plants, even if U.S. auto production has to be cut back further...