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Magnesium and a boom that never happened

Magnesium burns brightly and quickly, as photographers knew 100 years ago, Australian investors discovered 20 years ago, and which could be the case again as China tries to tame its energy hungry magnesium metal industry.

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In what's shaping as a re-run of the market manipulation of the rare earth industry, China has deliberately, or accidentally, created a magnesium crisis that threatens a wide variety of industries