China has secured a virtual monopoly over gallium, a critical mineral used to produce microchips in advanced military technologies. Failing to de-risk gallium supply chains could have serious security and economic consequences for the United States and its allies.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/2274036
Plays stupid games, win stupid prizes as the saying goes.
Building on that but on a more serious front, what third world countries in the world have more exploitable galium production that could get democratically expropriated by the international community?
None so far, except ukraine has found some gallium ores. But those minerals lie in the Donetsk region, so it can't be exploited. And ukraine will never get Donetsk so right now the west is completely starved of this resource.
Building on that but on a more serious front, what third world countries in the world have more exploitable galium production that could get democratically expropriated by the international community?
None so far, except ukraine has found some gallium ores. But those minerals lie in the Donetsk region, so it can't be exploited. And ukraine will never get Donetsk so right now the west is completely starved of this resource.