Currently, most is produced by reducing beryllium fluoride with magnesium metal.
Water oxidizes magnesium metal, according to the following chemical reaction:
The most prominent example is the Pidgeon process for reducing magnesium metal from ores.
The magnesium metal of the ship caught, of course.
Then he built up a little pile of magnesium metal on the stone flooring.
In this compound the magnesium metal has an oxidation state of 2.
In pure alcoholic solvents, magnesium metal is the most commonly employed reducing agent.
Often, strips of magnesium metal are used as fuses.
The atmospheric pressure boiling point of magnesium metal is very low, only 1090 C, and even lower in vacuum.
Instead, they were running magnesium metal, even bringing the fake stuff that replaced it.