Molybdenum
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Molybdenum is a metallic element frequently used in alloys with stainless steel and other metals. It enhances the metal's toughness, high temperature strength and corrosion resistance.
Although steel is its single biggest market, molybdenum is also widely used in the manufacture of super alloys, lubricants, chemicals and electronic products. It can be found in a vast range of steel equipment, from high speed tools such as drills and saw blades to pipe work for the offshore oil and gas industry.
Molybdenum alloys are used in a wide variety of civil construction projects - for example in the exterior cladding of spectacular buildings like the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
One of molybdenum's most valuable features is that, unlike other heavy metals, its compounds are of low toxicity. This makes it an especially suitable alloy material for manufacturing the vessels used in the pharmaceutical, food and chemical industries.
Molybdenum is one of the by products of our copper production.
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