miskSep 22, 2023

China just stopped exporting two minerals the world’s chipmakers need

https://sopuli.xyz/post/3799091

China just stopped exporting two minerals the world’s chipmakers need - Sopuli

Show threadAremel
Where does the rest of the world’s gallium and germanium come from?
Sep 22, 2023 at 8:07pmWeb
Show threadBigFigSep 22, 2023

Canada, Finland, Russia and the United States for Germanium.

And both are usually byproducts from zinc refining

Show threadChapolinColoradoNZSep 22, 2023
dumb ass me: “so germanium doesn’t come from Germany?!”
Show threadBigFigSep 22, 2023
Well it WAS first studied and named in Germany by a German Chemist