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China just stopped exporting two minerals the world’s chipmakers need

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China just stopped exporting two minerals the world’s chipmakers need

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Hardware · 1 year ago

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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Canada, Finland, Russia and the United States for Germanium.

And both are usually byproducts from zinc refining
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  dumb ass me: “so germanium doesn’t come from Germany?!”
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    Well it WAS first studied and named in Germany by a German Chemist

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