I was sitting in bed, listening to some random LotR podcast, when something they said about the Second Age sent my mind reeling. The discovery of mithril was one of the turning points in the Second Age, and it was shared with the Elves, and the two races together forged the Rings of Power (Amazon had nothing to do with it), under the instruction of Annatar (AKA Sauron).
Is it possible that Amazon is, just like sending Galadriel to Valinor, using this ‘Elves need mithril‘ just to make the dwarves give it to them, starting the forging of the Great Rings? If it is, it will not fully heal the scar this decision has left, but it may alleviate some of the pain. Or maybe the elf-lords are conspiring to get their hands on mithril, and lying to Elrond to achieve this goal, though that isn’t something the book Gil-galad would do. Though, if this one thinks he has the right to decide who goes to Valinor…
Only time will tell