Where did the first successful industrial magnesium production begin?

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magnesium processing Vapor-deposited magnesium crystals produced from magnesium processing.

The first successful industrial production of magnesium began in Germany in 1886. This milestone was achieved by the company Aluminium und Magnesiumfabrik Hemelingen, which utilized the electrolysis of molten carnallite to produce the metal.1