If, God forbid, war were ever to come, how could the U.S function long without antinomy? Is there enough in the Western hemisphere to make up the shortfall?
We can't make up the current shortfall now (i.e. we are 82% dependent on imports), so if demand increased, we certainly could not, not if all the mine production of antimony in the western hemisphere, including the proposed mine in Idaho (which might possibly provide 20% of demand), came to the US, which in a global market it would not. There are other small undeveloped reserves in the US, but nothing huge, and the likelihood of significant undiscovered reserves in the well-explored US is low. There are some substitutes possible for some of the applications of antimony, usually more expensive and sometimes less efficient, and the US imports all of them to some extent. All of this is the point of my book What Things Are Made Of.
Thank you for the really informative reply. The international political atmosphere is very tense right now. BTW I just now ordered your book, What Things Are Made Of, from Amazon. Projected arrival well before Christmas
Thanks. Since it is from 2011, many of the numbers will be off some, but I'm confident that with few exceptions the general ideas and details are still operative.
This is an excellent report!
Thanks!
Fascinating and all new information for me.
If, God forbid, war were ever to come, how could the U.S function long without antinomy? Is there enough in the Western hemisphere to make up the shortfall?
We can't make up the current shortfall now (i.e. we are 82% dependent on imports), so if demand increased, we certainly could not, not if all the mine production of antimony in the western hemisphere, including the proposed mine in Idaho (which might possibly provide 20% of demand), came to the US, which in a global market it would not. There are other small undeveloped reserves in the US, but nothing huge, and the likelihood of significant undiscovered reserves in the well-explored US is low. There are some substitutes possible for some of the applications of antimony, usually more expensive and sometimes less efficient, and the US imports all of them to some extent. All of this is the point of my book What Things Are Made Of.
Thank you for the really informative reply. The international political atmosphere is very tense right now. BTW I just now ordered your book, What Things Are Made Of, from Amazon. Projected arrival well before Christmas
Thanks. Since it is from 2011, many of the numbers will be off some, but I'm confident that with few exceptions the general ideas and details are still operative.
I got the book today. Looks like a good read! I'm moving some of my operation to Bluesky. Looks like a number of geologists over there.
Great, I hope you enjoy it. Thanks again!
Thanks!