China has near global monopolies on these exports, accounting for 98% of global gallium production, 93% of germanium production, and 49% of antimony production.

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  • Barx [none/use name]
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    1 day ago

    I don't know if it's obvious to folks here or not but these are common for doping silicon chips so they can work as computers. Similarly useful for solar panels.

    If US chip companies don't have substantial backup stocks they're screwed.