China just stopped exporting two minerals the world’s chipmakers need
China just stopped exporting two minerals the world’s chipmakers need
www.cnn.com China just stopped exporting two minerals the world's chipmakers need | CNN Business
China’s exports of two rare minerals essential for manufacturing semiconductors fell to zero in August, a month after Beijing imposed curbs on sales overseas, citing national security.
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Where does the rest of the world's gallium and germanium come from?
8 0 ReplyCanada, Finland, Russia and the United States for Germanium.
And both are usually byproducts from zinc refining
9 0 Replydumb ass me: "so germanium doesn't come from Germany?!"
9 1 ReplyWell it WAS first studied and named in Germany by a German Chemist
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