Export controls on gallium and germanium: “China wants to negotiate”
Export controls on gallium and germanium: “China wants to negotiate” The export controls imposed by China on the high-tech elements gallium and germanium in the summer sent the economy into panic. According to a China expert, China only wants to gain room for negotiation in the technology war with this step. Just 430 tons of gallium and around 225 tons of germanium were produced worldwide in 2022. Nonetheless […]
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Millennium and the mining industry, the impending shortage of battery metals
Millennium and the mining industry, the impending shortage of battery metals - Mining Indaba 2020. In the trend report Tracking the trends 2019 published by Deloitte, the top 10 topics that will change the future of mining, a topic was highlighted that is already known to many in the mining industry becomes - the industry is struggling with a perception problem among younger people, [...]
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