News Pricing for key chipmaking material hits 13-year high following Chinese export restrictions — China's restrictions on Gallium exports hit hard

[Admin]

China's dominance and its latest export restrictions to the U.S. have led to a sharp increase in the prices of gallium.

Pricing for key chipmaking material hits 13-year high following Chinese export restrictions — China's restrictions on Gallium exports hit hard : Read more

 

[ivan_vy]

*surprised pikachu face

 

[Notton]

It's called "Comparative Advantage".
It's an economics model and it's why everyone does international trade.

 

[TheOtherOne]

Can't wait for the hypocrisy of those who will be totally OK with these restricted countries still buying it from other sources but start shouting China is bad/unethical when they buy restricted GPUs and Chips from other sources as well.

 

[Hotrod2go]

World markets allergic to China will have to seek out what places like Australia & their potential for not only Gallium production, but other rare earths essential for state of the art modern technology and renewable energy,

 

[Gururu]

These metals are everywhere, just have to invest and find them rather than let other countries slave and poison their own population.

 

[LeGen_NMO]

These metals are everywhere, just have to invest and find them rather than let other countries slave and poison their own population.

Agreed, the "Earths" are not "Rare", they are common minerals found all over the world. The challenge is that the Greens block building the plants to refine the ores, justifiably since they are using very old and very nasty processes.
Any time a company tries to enter a mineral field China dominates they drop their official price below cost to put the company out of business so the newer, cleaner processes never get implemented.

 

[LeGen_NMO]

Being a retired engineer I was compelled to "do the math". $595 for over 2.2 lbs divided by the 10's of thousands of chips that can be made from 2.2 lbs of the metal means the price impact on chips is negligible.

• Just another scare story to invoke advertiser clicks.

The cost impact on solar panels will be higher, but I doubt it. Besides most solar panels are made in China, Canada, etc so there is no Gallium export duty applied. The USA is not a 'hot bed' of solar panel manufacture.

 

[t3t4]

(circus music playing quietly in the background)
Come one come all, come on in to see which side has the biggest baddest scariest clowns of them all🙄!

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Just a reminder to everyone, please stay away from any politics in these threads or risk getting locked out of the thread, or worse. There are some riding a little close to the line at the moment.

 

[castl3bravo]

LoL! USA can continue finding proven reserves of important minerals in country. China wants to play a game that cuts both ways...🙄