The design was simplified over the course of the war to reduce costs and the use of strategic metals.

Instead, the Government said the risk of a price-fixing cartel in strategic metals should be examined.

It's the discovery of strategic metals, and all the open space.

And with the discovery of strategic metals the application has become clear.

When applied to strategic metals like titanium, however, Gold Fields' claims seem more compelling.

Cobalt is a strategic and critical metal used in many diverse industrial and military applications.

However, there were a number of other strategic metals here, too, and the project needed them.

The American military needed tungsten, a scarce strategic metal used for hardening missiles.

Another way to reduce the consumption of strategic metals is to design components to better tolerances, perhaps with computerised techniques.

Bedford had reported that two dozen new companies were buying up enormous amounts of strategic metals.