Magnesium Buyers Warn Crunch Threatens Millions of European Jobs: Europe, which buys 95% of its magnesium from China, is expected to run out of the metal by the end of November

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1. Is this one of those situations where we used to have magnesium mines but we shut them all down because we were getting it so cheaply from Culhina?

2. > “Supply of magnesium originating from China has either been halted or reduced drastically since September 2021, resulting in an international supply crisis of unprecedented magnitude,” the group said.

   hmm

3. Eh, I get my magnesium from brokkoli or sunflower seeds anyway.

4. Most aluminium alloys use magnesium.
   And aluminium alloys are used in a lot of things.

5. Is jobs really the top issue here? Important, sure, but being unable to manufacture various products seems like it might have a much bigger knock-on effect.. eg laptops.

   that said… ‘running out’ is kinda taking liberties with the description

   >has plunged as the nation cuts output because of an energy crunch.

6. Start recycling.

   https://www.intlmag.org/page/sustain_recycle_ima

   https://green.wikia.org/wiki/Metal_recycling

   https://www.recyclingtoday.com/magnesium-recycling-europe-report-ima.aspx

   https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-166/of01-166.pdf

   Metal is something recoverable. It rarely disintegrates into thin air.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfill_mining

   https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26152366/

   https://www.waste360.com/landfill-operations/landfill-mining-and-its-tremendous-potential

   Where is the metal you are using going ? Products, right ? Then recycle their waste.

   https://www.lightmetalage.com/news/new-literature/ima-publishes-flow-analysis-european-magnesium-recycling/