Seriously doubt what you are stating, my friend.
Alcoa, via Howmet, a company it bought, knows all about Liquidmetal and its history from day one.
Did you know that Alcoa (Howmet) developed the first mass production of inserts for the Dr. Johnson Driver and other golf clubs?
Alcoa had many, many opportunities to buy up Liquidmetal way before Apple showed up on the scene.
Why do you think Alcoa views LQMT any differently than it has since the earliest cracking of the golf club inserts.
Let's try to get realistic here.
Liquidmetal will never approach the volume that aluminum has achieved in its short history.