The single biggest threat to the U.S. military is war with China. A war that could start with Beijing blocking exports of one metal that is critical to the entire American military arsenal.That metal is antimony (Sb), and it’s one of the top-performing commodities this year.Which makes antimony miners in any Western-friendly country some of the hottest runners in the markets right now. And one company in particular has positioned itself to take advantage of supply shortages with a number of strategic acquisitions that could help reduce Noth America’s reliance on China and other non-friendly suppliers.Antimony has already seen a 200% price increase this year, with publicly listed companies in the space seeing increases of more than 800%. And as more analysts wake up to the opportunity, there could be even larger gains in the near future.China which currently controls nearly half of the total global output of this metal, and the lion’s share of its refined end-product has recently upset Washington by restricting antimony exports to the United States.But one little-known miner could be set to tip the tides back in the West's favor.Military Metals Corp. (CSE:MILI; OTCQB:MILIF) is a breakout player in the antimony space, that has a plan to bring new supply onstream with a string of antimony assets from central Europe all the way to North America

Freeport-McMoRan received the Arco de Diamante award for raising more than $250,000 through its workplace campaign.

U.S. copper giant Freeport-McMoRan has invested US$1.6 million in Max Resource (TSXV: MAX) in return for the chance to earn a stake in the junior's Cesar copper-silver project in northwestern Colombia.