The United States imports all of its niobium because
A. niobium production in the United States is expensive compared to production in other countries.
B. niobium is no longer a very useful metal.
C. niobium mining is so unsafe that it was outlawed in the United States in 1959.
D. the United States does not have any natural niobium deposits.
Answer: A
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