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    Magnesium Turnings

    We just picked up a line on a few thousand lbs of magnesium turnings... never handled/moved this before. Any idea of spot price on this and how to handle it?



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    Hope they are dry...if there is any moisture they cannot be put into furnace...hot mag and moisture dont mix..it goes boom!

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    Is this safe to transport in gaylords if dry?

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    In a plastic factory where I was working as a temp running a grinder, they used gaylords and I would put a large(real large) plastic bag inside. Then I would fill the gaylord level with ground plastic and I would take the excess plastic and fold it over and tape, then the second gaylord could be stacked on top.

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    Don't store it with iron oxide!

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    If you can get them to burn, the resulting explosion is pretty cool
    There's nothing more fun and more effective than hitting something repeatedly with a sledgehammer


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