FisherCast Global Corp. Peterborough, Ont. Magnesium alloys increasingly replace aluminum, zinc, and other materials in structural automotive parts because they are much lighter. Magnesium's low ...

A new process should make it more feasible for the auto industry to incorporate very lightweight magnesium alloys into structural components. The method has the potential to reduce cost by eliminating ...

DETROIT -- Engineers at General Motors say they have made a big step toward expanded use of magnesium in vehicles by heating the lightweight metal so it can be formed into the precise rigid shapes ...

Magnesium is commonly found in rocks and sea water as well as living organisms. Paul Knochel relates how this element has also sparked a great deal of interest among chemists. The alternative text for ...

RICHLAND, Wash. -- Magnesium -- the lightest of all structural metals -- has a lot going for it in the quest to make ever lighter cars and trucks that go farther on a tank of fuel or battery charge.