Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

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I just read about this, like two days ago. I am not sure why you are bothering to cite sources - this is in the news currently. We need these elements from China and it can be used for leverage. The US does not like that. The bigger question is about our sourcing for finished material and production. All in China.

We had a major international session on this topic about eight years ago - standing room only and still a favorite topic of mine. There are huge safety considerations for mining and smelting rare earth metals and the reason why we don't do it here. They need to develop better methods for extraction and processing that keeps workers safe. Given the US current political view on rare earth metals, funding for researching these technologies may start to flow.

As a side note, I've wondered if our involvement in Afghanistan was for its rare earth metals.