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Two American titanium sponge plants are idle, one of them since 2016

Sep 18, 2026

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Two American titanium sponge plants are idle, one of them since 2016

Zero tonnes made at home, 44,000 imported, Japan supplying 73 percent of them.

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US primary antimony smelting in 2025: 700 tons, all from imported feedstock

Sep 17, 2026

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US primary antimony smelting in 2025: 700 tons, all from imported feedstock

Metal averaged $25 a pound last year. Primer grade trisulfide is a different layer.

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A third ammonium perchlorate line goes online at Cedar City late this year

Sep 16, 2026

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A third ammonium perchlorate line goes online at Cedar City late this year

One operating facility, about 170 full-time employees, one new production train.

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The Pentagon is paying $12.6 million to carbonise cloth in Niagara Falls

Sep 15, 2026

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The Pentagon is paying $12.6 million to carbonise cloth in Niagara Falls

The nozzle liner starts as woven cellulose from a wood pulp mill.

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Europe's artillery propellant starts with a cotton byproduct sourced from China

Aug 21, 2026

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Europe's artillery propellant starts with a cotton byproduct sourced from China

One layer upstream of nitrocellulose sits a short cotton fibre. Europe imports most of it from one country.

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