Well, well...spoken in 2017. Lifton & Mark interview" JL: On top of that, there is a new/old American company that has revived the only commercial rare earth metal and alloy plant built in the United States in the last 50 years! They dont have any feedstock yet and the magnet makers in America won't undertake to do anything without feedstock, but Ucore/IBC may become provide some feedstock for the plant. I am not privy to any details of these details through my involvement at Ucore, for the record. .... MM: I can speak to it briefly, Jack. This is where integration into the supply chain takes place.... MM: Regardless of the fact that we have clean, efficient technology to make oxides or carbonates, we need to inject them into a supply line. We have limited expertise in alloys, but we have had discussions with alloy and magnet manufacturers who do have the connections, the customers, and have been vetted. What they need is pure oxides and carbonates that fit their requirements. It could save us two or three years of testing by end users if we can provide better material than they can get from China that allows them to make better metals"....JL: That's right -- free market capitalism, the great destroyer. You can't even say industrial policy in the US these days: Government deciding what we are going to produce. That's how the Chinese operate and it's working quite nicely for them... PB: Giving contracts at cost-plus..... JL: God forbid! That would be a scandal!......... Last week Lifton was "hinting" @ 20-30% cost+. All comments are coming exactly what we're waiting on at anytime. Air Force RFI was July. ARMY was Dec.. IBAS with Ucore/Materion is the only Supply-chain design waiting for the go-ahead and that can come at anytime. Also, Ucore is designing an HREE plant. ... I don't focus on Lifton's MRT comments, because we are WAY past that. Materion 2 higher ups have proven Ucore has been rockin n roillin. ... https://ceo.ca/@newton/conversation-with-jack-lifton-and-mark-macdonald-ucore-rare-metals-ucu