WQe closed our last lead refinery about a year ago. We don’t even have secure lead supplies.
GALENA, IL has a lead mine that is now defunct.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galena,_Illinois
That facility in Missouri needs to be reopened immediately.
Molybdenum futures going up?
Watch that to be reversed as well. We should manufacture everything we need for a war (to the extent possible) in this country. If it costs more so be it. The fact we had to go to China to buy a new beret for the Army was disgraceful.