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What WikiLeaks Revealed About ‘Key Metals’

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The List Of Strategic Metals

A significantqualifier to the information WikiLeaks "revealed" about key metalsresources is that it is, essentially, old hat. The importance of many ofthe metals and mines on the list were already public knowledge.

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Among these, of what we would call the strategic metals/minerals, only the following were mentioned:

* Chromite
* Cobalt
* Germanium
* Manganese
* Niobium
* Rare Earths
* Titanium
* Tungsten

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Appendix A lists metals according to their defense use, countries oforigin and percentage import dependence of those National DefenseStockpiles (NDS) materials with sales suspended or restricted. Theseincluded:

Metal	Defense Use	Countries of Origin	% Import Dependence
Beryllium	Aerospace systems and nuclear weapons	Kazakhstan, Germany and United Kingdom	100
Chromium Metal	Aerospace systems and high grade stainless steel	South Africa, Kazakhstan, Russia and Zimbabwe	62*
Cobalt	Magnetic properties, corrosion and wear resistant	Norway, Russia, Finland and China	78*
FerroChrome (High Carbon and Low Carbon)	Stainless steel	China, Africa and Kazakhstan	62*
Ferromanganese	Used in steel production and steel deoxidizer	South Africa, Belgium and Ukraine	100
Germanium	Semiconductors and transistors, fiber optics, medical industry	Belgium, Canada, Germany and China	100
Niobium	Nuclear industry, superconductor	Brazil, Canada, Estonia and Germany	100
Tantalum Carbide	Hard refractory ceramic	Australia, Brazil, China and Germany	100
Tungsten Metal Powder and Tungsten Ores and Concentrate	Steel hardening and toughening	China, Canada, Germany and Portugal	70*

Source: US Defense Logistics Agency

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