China slaps export curbs on essential semiconductor-making metals

📆 7/3/2023 7:15 PM
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China reveals plans to slap export controls on two rare metals essential for the manufacture of semiconductors to 'preserve security and national interests'

China accounts for 80 percent of global gallium and germanium production. / Photo: Reuters Archive

Exports of gallium and germanium, of which China is a major producer, will require a license from August 1, according to a guideline issued on Monday by the Ministry of Commerce and China Customs.

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