Defense National Stockpile Center
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The Defense National Stockpile Center (DNSC) is a branch of the United State's Defense Logistics Agency, whose purpose it is to store, secure, and sell raw materials. The DNSC is based in Fort Belvoir and has operations throughout the United States. Materials they offer for sale include: aluminium oxide, beryllium, chromium, cobalt, diamonds, ferrochromium, ferromanganese, iodine, iridium, mica, niobium, platinum group metals, talc, tantalum, thorium, tin, tungsten and zinc.
Facilities
The DNSC currently has facilities in, but not limited to:
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Binghamton, New York
- Clearfield, Utah
- Curtis Bay, Maryland
- Gadsden, Alabama
- Hammond, Indiana
- New Haven, Indiana
- Point Pleasant, West Virginia
- Scotia, New York
- Somerville, New Jersey
- Stockton, California
- Voorheesville, New York
- Warren, Ohio
The DNSC formerly had a facility north of Binghamton, New York, in Fenton, New York. A stone spillway at that location was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]
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External links
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- United States Department of Defense agencies
- United States government stubs
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